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Lawrence elected archbishop of Ontario.


Caleb Lawrence, bishop of Moosonee is the new metropolitan of the ecclesiastical (church) province of Ontario.

He was chosen as the province's senior bishop on the second ballot at an election held Nov. 9 during Ontario's provincial synod in Mississauga, Ont.

The bishop of Moosonee since 1980, Archbishop Lawrence began work as assistant curate of St. Donard's Parish in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1964. From 1965 to 1979 he was missionary, incumbent and rector of St. Edmund's Parish in Great Whale River The Great Whale River (French: Grande rivière de la Baleine) is a 724 km long river in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. It flows from Lac Bienville west to Hudson Bay. Its drainage area encompasses 42,700 km² and its average discharge is about 680 cubic metres per second. , Que., diocese of the Arctic. From 1974 to 1975 he was canon of St. Jude's Cathedral, Iqaluit, diocese of the Arctic.

He is a member of the national eco-justice committee, the national Anglican/Roman Catholic Bishops Dialogue, the Council of the North and the Council of General Synod. He is the longest serving bishop in the Canadian church.

Archbishop Lawrence, 63, was formally installed as metropolitan at a service in St. Paul the Apostle church, Toronto. As senior bishop he has jurisdiction and pastoral oversight for the province and presides at all meetings of the provincial house of bishops, the provincial synod and its executive council.

The province includes the dioceses of Ontario, Ottawa, Algoma, Huron, Toronto, Moosonee and Niagara.

He and his wife, Maureen, have three children.

Meanwhile, Canon Philip Poole of Trinity Church, Aurora, Ont., is the new suffragan bishop of the diocese of Toronto.

He was elected Nov. 13 on the third ballot by 703 synod members at an electoral synod held at Toronto's St. James Cathedral.

Ordained a deacon in 1977, Bishop-elect Poole became rector in 1987 of Trinity Church, where he raised $4.1 million to renovate and build a new church.

He has also worked as chaplain of Trinity College School For other institutions named Trinity College, see .

For other institutions named Trinity School, see .
Trinity College School (TCS) is a coeducational, independent boarding/day school located in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada.
 in Port Hope, rector of Christ Church, Stouffville, Ont., assistant curate of Holy Trinity Church Holy Trinity Church, or variations on the name, may refer to: Churches
In Australia:
  • Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide
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  • Church of the Holy Trinity, Svishtov
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, Thornhill, Ont., and regional dean of the Holland Deanery.

Early this year he was elected president of the international Compass Rose Society, the first Canadian to sit in that post. The society provides financial support for the work of the worldwide Anglican Communion, including HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome  ministries in Africa.

He has also been active in national, provincial and diocesan church work.

Bishop-elect Poole, 53, received a bachelor degree in music at Wilfrid Laurier University Wilfrid Laurier University is a public university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It also has wing in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. It is named in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada.  in 1974, a master of divinity Noun 1. Master of Divinity - a master's degree in religion
MDiv

master's degree - an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree
 in 1977 and a master of theology Noun 1. Master of Theology - a master's degree in theology
ThM

master's degree - an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree
 in 1988 at Trinity College, University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, .

"I've got really mixed feelings today," he said upon his election, according to the diocesan Web site. "I'm overwhelmed by the support of being elected, but I'm saddened that my dad's not here because he was so excited about this election."

Bishop-elect Poole's father, Canon Maurice Poole--a priest for 60 years--died last Oct. 18.

Bishop-elect Poole and his wife, Karen, have two adult children--Michael and Christopher.

He will be consecrated at St. James Cathedral in February 2005.

In other election news, Bishop Anthony Burton will remain bishop of the diocese of Saskatchewan. He had been on the ballot in an episcopal election in the diocese of San Diego but was edged out on the third ballot by Rev. James Mathes of the diocese of Chicago Diocese of Chicago may refer to
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
  • Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
.
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