Arthur Gordon Peters (born 21 December 1935) is a

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. Bishop Peters was educated at the

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and ordained deacon in 1963.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 After a

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at Waverly he became

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of Weymouth. He held further incumbencies at Annapolis-Granville and Christ Church,

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before being elected

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of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in 1982. Two years later he succeeded as diocesan bishop. In 1997, the Bishops of the

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elected him as their

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and he assumed the title

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and

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Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, retiring in 2002.

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