Helen Jane Kennedy (born 1968) is a bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada. She is the current bishop of the Diocese of Qu'Appelle in southern Saskatchewan.
Helen Kennedy | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Qu'Appelle | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
| Province | Northern Lights |
| Diocese | Qu'Appelle |
| See | Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Elected | 2021 |
| Predecessor | Robert Hardwick |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2007 |
| Consecration | January 22, 2022 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | Canadian Mennonite University (MA) University of Winnipeg (BA) |
Biography
editKennedy was born in 1968 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England.[1][2] She worked as an ambulance driver and first responder in England,[3] before immigrating to Canada in 1999. From 2000 to 2001, she was a Winnipeg-based field staff for Youth for Christ.[1] From 2001 to 2005, she was Youth for Christ's ministry director in Selkirk, Manitoba.[1]
Ordained ministry
editKennedy studied at the University of Winnipeg, graduating with a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 2007.[1] She was ordained in the Anglican Church of Canada as a deacon in 2007 for the Diocese of Rupert's Land and as a priest in 2008.[1][4] After ordination, she served as a part-time diocesan youth minister and part-time in the parish of St George's Anglican Church, Transcona, Winnipeg.[4] She became the full-time rector of St George's Anglican Church in 2010.[4]
After the retirement of Robert Hardwick as Bishop of Qu'Appelle, Kennedy was elected bishop at the diocesan synod on 17 October 2021.[5] She was consecrated a bishop on 22 January 2022 during a service at St. Paul's Cathedral, Regina, Saskatchewan.[6] The principal consecrator was Archbishop Greg Kerr-Wilson, Metropolitan of Rupert's Land.[5][6]
She would vote to amend the Anglican marriage canon to support same sex marriage.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Qu'appelle, Bishop of, (Rt Rev. Helen Jane Kennedy) (born 27 Dec. 1968)". Who's Who 2023. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Careless, Sue (October 20, 2021). "Helen Kennedy bishop-elect of Qu'Appelle". The Anglican Planet. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ a b Suderman, Brenda (30 October 2021). "Transcona priest elected bishop in Saskatchewan". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ a b c Careless, Sue (20 October 2021). "Helen Kennedy bishop-elect of Qu'Appelle". Anglican Ink. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ a b "The Consecration Of The Venerable Helen Jane Kennedy" (PDF). St Paul's Cathedral - Regina. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Helen Kennedy ordained Bishop of Qu'Appelle". Diocese of Qu'Appelle. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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