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Dr. Jane Alexander has been elected 10th Bishop of Edmonton on the 3rd ballot. She led the voting from the first ballot onward.
3rd ballot results: clergy/lay
Jane Alexander: 52/89
David Ashdown: 10/14
Darcey Lazerte: 2/9
Merv Mercer: 22/35
Peter Wall: 4/12
Candidates Ainsworth, Drake and King were dropped [...]
Lovely lunch over at the hotel in downtown Edmonton, as we wait for the announcement of the results of the first ballot. Archbishop John Clark preached and presided this morning to begin our day together. For anyone interested in how the election turns out, I’ll probably post the results later on this afternoon as they [...]
What’s In A Name?
Our word ‘bishop’ comes from the New Testament word episcopos. It’s an Anglo-
Saxon- language-development-thing: episcopos got shortened to episcop. Then somebody thought biscup sounded better than episcop. And from biscup it’s not too far to bishop.
The New Testament word episcopos means “overseer”, or “one who has oversight”. You may [...]
Election results are now here.
Video links to interviews of the candidates for the episcopal election to select the next bishop of Edmonton are now up. Click on the name to go to the video. Parishes will also be sent DVDs shortly.
The Reverend Wendy Ainsworth
The Very Reverend Dr. Jane [...]
Yukon to elect bishop-coadjutor
On February 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In anglican church of canada, announcements & events, episcopal election
Archbishop Terry Buckle, current Metropolitan of the Province of British Columbia and the Yukon, has announced his intention to retire at the end of 2008. The Diocese of the Yukon intends to elect a coadjutor bishop on May 31, 2008. Those clergy who may wish to seek nomination are requested to contact the Chair of [...]
Election update here
The various persons nominated for the position of Bishop of Edmonton have their cv’s and responses to the questions for the candidates available. You can download a pdf by clicking on the link after each name. The diocesan page with all this info and more is here.
The Rev. Wendy [...]
From the letters of St Jerome, a bit of reflection on the rise and role of the bishop :
Hence a presbyter is the same as a bishop, and before ambition came into religion, by the prompting of the devil, and people began to say “I belong to Paul, I to Apollos, I to Cephas”, [...]
The Search committee has posted the names of the candidates for the upcoming episcopal election for the next Bishop of Edmonton on the diocesan website:
The Rev. Wendy AINSWORTH
The Very Rev. Dr. Jane ALEXANDER
The Rt. Rev. David ASHDOWN
The Ven. Edward KING
The Rev. Darcey LAZERTE
The Rev. Dr. Mervyn MERCER
The Very [...]
Ignatius of Antioch. Bishop and Martyr, Feb 1.
Arrested and brought before the emperor, the latter addressed him: “Who are you, poor devil, to set our commands at naught?” “Call not poor devil,” Ignatius answered, “one who bears God within him.” And when the emperor asked him what he meant by that, Ignatius explained [...]
On Sunday our parish will celebrate a patronal festival. Our parish church is named after St Timothy, “apostolic man”. Some details of his life can be gathered from the letters addressed to him in the New Testament.
Born at Lystra, Lycaenia, Timothy was the son of a Greek father and Eunice, a converted Jewess. [...]
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