Nicholas Jesson

Nicholas Jesson has been the ecumenical and interfaith officer for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina since 2017 after a similar role in the Diocese of Saskatoon for many years. Originally from Winnipeg, Nick studied Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Manitoba and theology at St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto. He taught Religious Studies at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan for 8 years. Nick is a former executive director of the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism and has been a member of the Roman Catholic-United Church of Canada Dialogue since 2012. Nick has been editor of the website Ecumenism in Canada since 1995 (ecumenism.net). In 2010 he was asked by the Vatican and the Anglican Communion to develop the official digital archive of Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue (iarccum.org). More recently he has developed the Margaret O’Gara Collection of Canadian Ecumenical Dialogues for the Canadian Council of Churches (ecumenical-dialogue.ca). Nick is on the leadership team of KAIROS Regina.