Melissa M. Skelton
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Melissa Maxine Skelton (born March 14, 1951) is the current provisional bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia.[1] She was previously the 9th Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster, a diocese in the Anglican Church of Canada, and was the 12th Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon.[2] She was the first woman to be elected a metropolitan and archbishop in Anglican Church of Canada. Skelton was succeeded in her ministry as Bishop of New Westminster by John Stephens on February 28, 2021.[3]
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Melissa Skelton | |
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Archbishop of New Westminster | |
Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
Province | Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon |
Diocese | New Westminster |
In office | 2014–2021 |
Predecessor | Michael Ingham |
Successor | John Stephens |
Other post(s) | Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon (2018–2021) Bishop provisional of Olympia (2023–present) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1993 |
Consecration | March 1, 2014 by Fred Hiltz |
Personal details | |
Born | (1951-03-14) March 14, 1951 (age 73) |
Spouse |
Eric Stroo (m. 2015) |
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