Désirée Stedman is a former Archdeacon of Ottawa. She is now an honorary assistant at Blackburn Hamlet. Stedman was born in Ireland. Before ordination she was a physiotherapist. She trained for ordained ministry at St. Paul's University College and Montreal Diocesan Theological College. Notes Archdeacons of Ottawa 21st-century Anglican priests Irish Anglicans Alumni of Montreal Diocesan Theological College Canadian physiotherapists University of Waterloo alumni