Feb 26, 2008

Conservative Christchurch Bishop Elected


26 February, 2008 - Victoria Matthews, who was the first woman to be elected a bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada, has reportedly been chosen bishop of the diocese of Christchurch in the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Under the church's rules, her nomination must still be approved by the province's house of bishops and members of the General Synod.


8 March, 2008 - 9th Anglican Bishop of Edmonton, Matthews, who was nominated twice as Canadian primate, pulled the church in a more conservative direction...

More at the Edmonton Journal

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