Ashdown Is Chosen to Succeed Beardy [Diocese of Keewatin]
Big trout Lake, Ont.
The diocese of Keewatin has chosen its executive archdeacon to be the new diocesan bishop.
Archdeacon David Ashdown was elected on the third ballot. There were three other candidates: Archdeacon Sidney Black, Archdeacon Douglas Greig and Rev. Terry McNear.
Bishop-elect Ashdown succeeds Bishop Gordon Beardy who surprised the church last summer with his resignation. That announcement came just weeks after General Synod where Bishop Beardy delivered a moving and spontaneous absolution to the primate, Archbishop Michael Peers, for the church's role in the residential schools system.
Since Bishop Beardy stepped down, Bishop-elect Ashdown has …
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Article title: Ashdown Is Chosen to Succeed Beardy [Diocese of Keewatin].
Contributors: Not available.
Magazine title: Anglican Journal.
Volume: 128.
Issue: 1
Publication date: January 2002.
Page number: 7.
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