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List Of Female Anglican Bishops
The following is a list of female Anglican bishops in diocesan, suffragan, area, and assistant roles. Primate Bishops * Katharine Jefferts Schori ( Episcopal Church, 2006-2015) * Linda Nicholls (Anglican Church of Canada, 2019–present) Metropolitans Bishops or archbishops in charge of an internal ecclesiastical province but not being primates. * Kay Goldsworthy ( Archbishop of Perth, 2017–present) * Lynne McNaughton ( Archbishop of Kootenay and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon, 2021–present) * Anne Germond (Diocese of Algoma, Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, 2018–present) Diocesan bishops Anglican Church of Canada Ontario *Anne Germond ( (Arch)Bishop of Algoma, 2017–present) * Susan Bell ( Bishop of Niagara, 2018–present) Rupert's Land * Victoria Matthews ( Bishop of Edmonton, 1997-2007) * Jane Alexander ( Bishop of Edmonton, 2008–2021) Canada * Sue Moxley (Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, 2007- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its '' primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecclesiastical Province Of Ontario
The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. It was established in 1912 out of six dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada located in the civil province of Ontario, and the Diocese of Moosonee from the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land. Overview The seven dioceses are: * '' Algoma'' (Ontario), * ''Huron'' (Ontario), * '' Moosonee'' (Ontario and part of northern Quebec on the coast of James Bay), * '' Niagara'' (Ontario), * ''Ontario'' (Ontario), * ''Ottawa'' (Ontario and a portion of southwestern Quebec), and * ''Toronto'' (Ontario). Provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada are headed by a Metropolitan, who is elected from among the province's diocesan bishops. This bishop then becomes Archbishop of his or her diocese and Metropolitan of the province. Since 2014, the Metropolitan of Ontario also becomes ''ex officio'' the diocesan Bishop of Moosonee. The current Metropolitan of the Provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Andrews (bishop)
Barbara Andrews is a retired Anglican Suffragan Bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada: she was responsible for the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior and reported to the Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon. Formerly Director of the Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre in British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ..., she was elected on 30 June 2009; and was consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral, Kamloops, on October 18, 2009. She retired from active ministry on April 30, 2020. Notes 21st-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Anglican suffragan bishops {{Yukon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Diocese Of New Westminster
The Diocese of New Westminster is one of five dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada. The see city is Vancouver. The current bishop is the Right Reverend John Stephens. He was consecrated as the coadjutor bishop on January 23, 2021, and installed as diocesan bishop on February 28, 2021. The Dean of New Westminster and rector of the cathedral ( Christ Church Cathedral) is the Very Reverend Christopher Pappas and the Executive Archdeacon of the diocese is the Venerable G. Douglas Fenton. Archdeacon Fenton has announced that he will retire, January 4, 2023. The diocese encompasses about 78,000 square kilometres of the Lower Mainland in the civil province of British Columbia, comprising the Regional Districts of Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley, Sunshine Coast, Powell River and part of the Regional District of Squamish-Lillooet (including Squamish and Whistler). The diocese was founded in New Westminster in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Skelton
Melissa Maxine Skelton (born 1951) is the bishop provisional of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia. She was previously the 9th Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster, a diocese in the Anglican Church of Canada, and was the 12th Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon. She was the first woman to be elected a metropolitan and archbishop in Anglican Church of Canada. Skelton was succeeded in her ministry as Bishop of New Westminster by John Stephens on February 28, 2021. Early life and education Skelton was born in 1951, and raised in the US South, specifically, Alabama and Georgia. She came to faith in the Episcopal Church in her 20s. Throughout her adult life, she worked in the corporate world as well as maintaining a vocation for ministry. Ordained ministry Prior to her election as bishop, she was rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Seattle, Washington, and also canon for Congregational Development and Leadership – Diocese of Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Diocese Of Montreal
The Diocese of Montreal is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada, in turn a province of the Anglican Communion. The diocese comprises the encompassing the City and Island of Montreal, the Laurentides, Laurentians, the South Shore (Montreal), South Shore opposite Montreal, and part of the Eastern Townships. The episcopal see, See city is Montreal, and the cathedral is Christ Church Cathedral (Montreal), Christ Church. The diocese maintains approximately 9,000 on its parish rolls"Montreal Anglican", June 2010 in about seventy parishes. History The diocese was established in 1850, having been carved off from the Anglican Diocese of Quebec, Diocese of Quebec (where there was a suffragan bishop of Montreal from 1836). The first synod was organised nine years later. Its first bishop, Francis Fulford (bishop), Francis Fulford, was influenced by the Oxford Movement. In 1866, there was one archdeaconry: J. Scott was Archdeacon of Montreal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Irwin-Gibson
Mary Irwin-Gibson is the bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal. At the time of her election, Irwin-Gibson was Dean of Ontario and rector of St George's Cathedral in Kingston, where she had been in office since September, 2009. Irwin-Gibson was elected on 6 June 2015 as the twelfth Bishop of Montreal. She assumed responsibility for the diocese on 1 September and was ordained to the episcopate on 29 September, the feast of Michaelmas Michaelmas ( ; also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is a Christian festival observed in some Western liturgical calendars on 29 September, a .... Irwin-Gibson was ordained in Christ Church Cathedral by Bishop Reginald Hollis to the diaconate on June 7, 1981 and to the priesthood on May 16, 1982. She served as Bishop's Missionary in the Parish of Hemmingford-Clarenceville (summer, 1981), as Assistant Curate in the Parish of Vaudreuil (Hudso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Nova Scotia And Prince Edward Island
The Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada. It encompasses the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and has two cathedrals: All Saints' in Halifax and St. Peter's in Charlottetown. Its ''de facto'' see city is Halifax (where the synod offices are located), and its roughly 24 400 Anglicans distributed in 239 congregations are served by approximately 153 clergy and 330 lay readers according to the last available data. According to the 2001 census, 120,315 Nova Scotians identified themselves as Anglicans (13% of the province's population), while 6525 Prince Edward Islanders did the same. History The first recorded Anglican services in Nova Scotia were held in Annapolis Royal on October 10, 1710, and in Cape Breton Island in 1745. The Diocese was created on 11 August 1787 by Letters Patent of George III which "erected the Province of Nova Scotia into a bishop's see" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Moxley (bishop)
Susan Elizabeth Moxley was Anglican Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Canada. from 2007 to 2014. Educated at the University of Western Ontario, she rose to become a professor at Dalhousie University. Ordained in 1985, she served at Hatchet Lake (Halifax), Terence Bay and St. Mark's, Halifax. Elected suffragan bishop of Nova Scotia and PEI, in 2003 she became its diocesan in 2007. The Reverend Dr. Moxley graduated from the University of Western Ontario (BA MA) and the University of Michigan (MA Ph.D.) Atlantic School of Theology Atlantic School of Theology (AST) is a Canadian public ecumenical university that provides graduate level theological education and undertakes research to assist students to prepare for Christian ministries and other forms of public leadership. ... (M.Div.). References University of Western Ontario alumni Dalhousie University faculty Anglican bishops of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 21st-century Anglican Chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Alexander (bishop)
Jane Alexander (born March 29, 1959) is a British-born Canadian Anglican bishop. She is a former Bishop of Edmonton, a bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada. She was installed on May 11, 2008, at All Saints' Anglican Cathedral.New Anglican bishop ‘will play by the rules’ Until her consecration as a bishop, Alexander served as and of |
Anglican Diocese Of Edmonton
The Diocese of Edmonton is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. The diocese comprises over 126,000 square kilometres of the civil Province of Alberta, consisting of a band across the central part of the province, extending to the borders of the adjacent provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east. Its See city is Edmonton, and its roughly 7,000 Anglicans on parish rolls are served by 53 parishes, according to the most recent figures published by the Anglican Church of Canada. The diocese was established in 1913 when it was divided from the Diocese of Calgary (which in turn had been divided from the Diocese of Saskatchewan in 1888). The following year, the diocese was incorporated by the Alberta legislature. Edmonton is the major city within the diocese. Other communities are a mix of small, rural centres and suburban bedroom communities of the capital. A lay order, the Company of the Cross r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Matthews
Victoria Matthews (born 1954) is a Canadian Anglican bishop. From 2008 until 2018, she served as Bishop of Christchurch in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. In 1994, she became the first woman ordained bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada when she was made a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Toronto. She then served as the Bishop of Edmonton from 1997 to 2007. Education Matthews was educated at Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours from Trinity College, University of Toronto, in 1976. She was the recipient of the North American Theological Fellowship from 1976 to 1979, and completed a Master of Divinity degree at Yale Divinity School and Berkeley Divinity School. She also holds a Master of Theology degree from Trinity College, Toronto, which she completed in 1987. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from Yale Divinity School in 2017. Ordained ministry Matthews upholds a generous orthodox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
