Media Advisory : Canadian Anglican Church Ordains First Woman Bishop
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- Date
- 1994 February 8
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Type
- Press release
- Text of motion
- Saturday, February 12, 1994 10:30 a.m.
- St. Paul's Anglican Church, 227 Bloor St. E (at Jarvis), Toronto
- The Rev. Victoria Matthews will be consecrated as the first woman bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada on February 12, 1994. The two-hour service will begin at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul's Anglican Church (Bloor and Jarvis), Toronto, with the Most Rev. Percy O'Driscoll, Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario presiding.
- Ms. Matthews and the Very Rev. Michael Bedford-Jones were elected as suffragan bishops for the Anglican Diocese of Toronto on November 19, 1993. Both persons will be consecrated at the service. They will become part of a college of five bishops serving the Toronto diocese, the most populous Anglican diocese in Canada.
- Ms. Matthews will become the fifth woman in the Anglican Church worldwide. There are currently three women bishops in the United States, one in New Zealand.
- Please note the following points
- - Space has been reserved for the media in the gallery of the church; this provides the best overview of the event. A video monitor will also be available in the gallery to provide close-up sound and visuals.
- - Because of the liturgical nature of this occasion, video cameras will be restricted to the back of the church and the gallery. We have arranged to bring in an air-pack crew with four Betacam video cameras to provide both audio and video feed in the gallery for the electronic media.
- -- video feed will be provided through a video distribution amplifier with BNC spigots.
- -- audio feed will be provided through a balanced audio split box equipped with both XLR and quarter-inch adapters.
- Please bring the appropriate connectors if you wish to access either of the above feeds.
- - Press photographers will also be somewhat restricted in their movements; details available on request.
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- For further information or media accreditation, please contact:
- John Bird, 600 Jarvis Street, Toronto, ON M4Y 2J6 Telephone: (416) 924-9199, ext. 256 Fax: (416) 968-7983
- Subjects
- Matthews, Victoria, 1954-
- Bedford-Jones, Michael (Michael Hugh Harold), 1942-2021
- Women bishops - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Toronto
- Anglican Church of Canada - Bishops