Paul Idlout
Paul Idlout | |
|---|---|
| Bishop Suffragan of the Arctic | |
Idlout photographed in 1945 | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
| Diocese | Arctic |
| In office | 1996–2004 |
| Other post | Dean of St. Jude's Cathedral (2000–2004) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | April 22, 1989 |
| Consecration | June 2, 1996 by Barry Curtis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 21, 1935 |
| Died | December 31, 2025 (aged 90) Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada |
| Parents | Joseph Idlout (father) |
| Spouse | Abigail Idlout |
| Children | 5 |
| Education | Arthur Turner Training School |
Paul Ullatitaq Idlout (April 21, 1935 – December 31, 2025) was a Canadian Inuk police constable and Anglican bishop. Born and raised in a traditional Inuit hunting culture, he was a young man when his family was relocated to the high Arctic in the 1950s. Idlout was among the group of hunters who appeared on the Canadian $2 banknote in the 1970s. After a career as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable, Idlout trained for ordained ministry in the 1980s and was ordained a priest. In 1996, he became the first Inuk to be made an Anglican bishop and the third indigenous Anglican bishop in Canada. He retired as suffragan bishop of the Diocese of the Arctic in 2004.