Career
Ferris was educated at The University of Western Ontario He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1970. He has doctorates in Sacred Theology, Ministry and Theology. He had incumbencies at Street Luke"s Church, Old Crow, Yukon and Street Stephen"s Memorial Church, London, Ontario.
In 1981 he became the Bishop of Yukon.
He was translated to be the Bishop of Algoma in 1995 and resigned that see in September 2008. Ferris main focus is church planting in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, while he also assists the Moderator Bishop.
He became the vicar of a newly founded parish in Langley, the Church of Ascension.