Susan Johnson (bishop)
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Susan Johnson is the current (since 2007) National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
(ELCIC). She is the first woman to hold the post.
Prior to her ordination to the episcopate, she was an Assistant to the Bishop in Eastern Synod, which covers Central Canada and the Maritimes. From 2001 to 2005, she was Vice-President of the ELCIC. http://www.anglican.ca/news/news.php?newsItem=2007-06-22_zz.news
Johnson was consecrated by fellow Lutheran and Anglican bishops in Winnipeg on the feast of Michael and All Angels
, 2007. She is an honorary canon of Christ's Church Cathedral (Hamilton)
.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 152,788 baptized members in 624 congregations, with the second largest, the Lutheran Church–Canada, having 72,116 baptized members...
(ELCIC). She is the first woman to hold the post.
Prior to her ordination to the episcopate, she was an Assistant to the Bishop in Eastern Synod, which covers Central Canada and the Maritimes. From 2001 to 2005, she was Vice-President of the ELCIC. http://www.anglican.ca/news/news.php?newsItem=2007-06-22_zz.news
Johnson was consecrated by fellow Lutheran and Anglican bishops in Winnipeg on the feast of Michael and All Angels
Michaelmas
Michaelmas, the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel is a day in the Western Christian calendar which occurs on 29 September...
, 2007. She is an honorary canon of Christ's Church Cathedral (Hamilton)
Christ's Church Cathedral (Hamilton)
Christ's Church Cathedral, the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara, is located at 252 James Street North, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Built in 1835 , it predates the existing Anglican cathedrals of Toronto, Kingston, London, Halifax, Fredericton and St...
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