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March 18, 1997
ANGLICAN COMMUNION NEWS SERVICE
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EPISCOPAL APPOINTMENTS

The Rt Revd Victoria Matthews, Suffragan Bishop of Toronto Diocese,
Anglican Church of Canada, has been elected Bishop of Edmonton, Province
of RupertUs Land. She succeeds the Rt Revd Kenneth L Genge who has
become Chaplain at St GeorgeUs College, Jerusalem. Bishop Matthews is
the first woman diocesan bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada.