dennis ignatius

His Excellency Dennis Joachim Ignatius AMN, JSD, DSPN, B.A. (born May 11, 1949 in Penang, Malaysia) is a Malaysian diplomat and has served as High Commissioner to Canada since 2002.

He graduated in 1972 from the University of Malaya, shortly at thereafter being posted to the Malaysian High Commission to the United Kingdom, then the Embassy to the People's Republic of China. He served as a counsellor at the Malaysian Embassy to the United States, and Ambassador to Chile. He is married to Cherry Ignatius.

Dennis Ignatius is a Pentecostal Christian, which he converted to in 1986. He has authored one book, Fire Begets Fire, on the subject of passionately pursuing God.