(Gordon) Beardy elected chief of band.Gordon Beardy, former diocesan bishop A bishop in charge of a diocese. These are to be distinguished from suffragan bishops, assistant bishops, coadjutor bishops, Auxiliary Bishops, or metropolitans or primates. of Keewatin, has a new title to add to his signature: chief. He was elected to the position by his small First Nation community last summer. Bishop Beardy stunned Anglicans in 2001 by resigning only weeks after issuing an emotional absolution absolution In Christianity, a pronouncement of forgiveness of sins made to a person who has repented. This rite is based on the forgiveness that Jesus extended to sinners during his ministry. to the church for its past wrongs toward native people. The absolution was delivered to the primate, Archbishop Michael Peers The Most Reverend Michael Geoffrey Peers (born 1934) was Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1986 till 2004. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1934, Archbishop Peers completed an undergraduate degree in languages at the University of British Columbia in 1956 , during a healing service at the meeting last July of General Synod in Waterloo, Ont. "I forgive you," said Bishop Beardy. "I want to forgive your church which has become my church. I forgive your people who have become my people." This was the second time Bishop Beardy has run for chief of Muskrat muskrat, North American aquatic rodent. The common muskrats, species of the genus Ondatra, are sometimes called by their Native American name, musquash. Dam, a community of about 250 members 500 km north of Kenora in northwestern Ontario. He also ran shortly after his resignation in August, 2001, but lost to then-incumbent Vernon Morris. Mr. Morris came second in a slate of three candidates in last month's election, according to the area's aboriginal newspaper, Wawatay News. Bishop Beardy did not return calls to the Muskrat Dam band office. Bishop Beardy won the support of 54 of the 110 eligible community members who voted: Mr. Morris received 34 votes. Jason Beardy, one of Bishop Beardy's seven children, currently serves as deputy chief. Bishop Beardy is quoted in Wawatay News as saying that his relationship with his son will be professional during band business, "but we're father and son out of the meetings." Educated through the TAIP TAIP Taiwan Independence Party TAIP Trimble ASCII Interface Protocol TAIP Transportes Aéreos da Índia Portuguesa TAIP Thin Film Analog Image Processor (Train all Indian Priest) program, Bishop Beardy was ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. to the priesthood in 1992 and elected suffragan suf·fra·gan n. Abbr. Suff. or Suffr. 1. A bishop elected or appointed as an assistant to the bishop or ordinary of a diocese, having administrative and episcopal responsibilities but no jurisdictional functions. (assistant) bishop of Keewatin just a year later in 1993. He became Canada's first aboriginal diocesan bishop in 1996 and carved a role for himself in the church as a leading voice for healing and reconciliation between native and non-native Anglicans. In 1997, he began a 19-month, 6,500-km walk for healing of aboriginal people. The walk was intended to raise awareness about the impact of suicide and abuse in native communities and to raise funds for healing and reconciliation. |
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