Bishop of Wagga Mark Edwards speaks about voluntary assisted dying bill and Aibury MP Justin Clancy

The faith leader was commenting after co-ordinating a full-page advertisement which appeared in Saturday's Border Mail and urged Mr Clancy and other Riverina MPs to "VOTE NO" to NSW voluntary assisted dying legislation.

Bishop Edwards said he had met Mr Clancy, who is a practising Catholic, a "couple of times" and had lunch at the MP's house.

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However, he does not believe the Liberal politician will reflexively vote against a euthanasia bill due to his faith.

"I need him to do what he thinks is right and he is his own person and he will take in his history, and those that contact him, into account," Bishop Edwards said.

Mr Clancy said he "very much respects" Bishop Edwards but the open letter, supported by other Riverina religious leaders, was one of a variety of views he would consider.

He declined to say if would vote yes or no to euthanasia but reaffirmed that in principle he did not support voluntary assisted dying legislation.

Bishop Edwards decided to pursue an open letter to canvass wider public debate after having raised the matter within his diocese.

He spent four to five days calling fellow religious leaders and was rapt with the support from Christian and Muslim figures.

"I was very pleased and probably a little bit surprised," Bishop Edwards said.

"I hadn't understood how positive for example the Muslims would be about this, but it is clear this is something they don't regard as a positive way forward.

"I thought the Uniting and Presbyterian church leaders might find it more challenging but they were thoughtful and quite courageous to put their ideas out there."

However, Albury Anglican rector Father Peter MacLeod-Miller disagrees with the stance and wrote a letter to Wagga's Daily Advertiser stating it represented a minority view and religious leaders were so grateful to sign anything in the public sphere they would "sign a dry cleaning docket".

"I don't know that I did anything to deserve that, I was a little bit hurt," Bishop Edward said.

Murray MP Helen Dalton and Upper House member Wes Fang, the other two politicians addressed in the advertisement, both plan to vote for euthanasia.

Mrs Dalton said her approach was linked to the majority of her constituents supporting the measure.

She was raised a Presbyterian and believes in "living a good life".

Mr Fang described himself as non-religious and said while church leaders had a right to an opinion the role of religion in the euthanasia debate should be around whether someone with a terminal illness chooses to "seek guidance or not".

"The religious groups have no right to impose their views on others, they don't accept it when people wish to impose restrictions on them, so they should accept likewise," Mr Fang said.