Helen Kennedy | |
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Bishop of Qu'Appelle | |
Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
Province | Rupert's Land |
Diocese | Qu'Appelle |
See | Regina, Saskatchewan |
Elected | 2021 |
Predecessor | Robert Hardwick |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2007 |
Consecration | January 22, 2022 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1968 (age 54–55) |
Denomination | Anglican |
Alma mater | Canadian Mennonite University (MA) University of Winnipeg (BA) |
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.
Biography
Kennedy 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
Kennedy 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
- 1 2 3 4 5 "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.
- 1 2 Suderman, Brenda (30 October 2021). "Transcona priest elected bishop in Saskatchewan". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- 1 2 3 Careless, Sue (20 October 2021). "Helen Kennedy bishop-elect of Qu'Appelle". Anglican Ink. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- 1 2 "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.
- 1 2 "Helen Kennedy ordained Bishop of Qu'Appelle". Diocese of Qu'Appelle. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.