(CEN) Barbados clergyman elected suffragan bishop of Toronto

A Barbados native has been elected suffragan Bishop of the diocese of Toronto. On 6 April 2013, the Ven. Peter Fenty, archdeacon of York and the executive officer to the Bishop of Toronto, was elected on the seventh ballot. Bishop-elect Fenty, (61) who was born and raised in Barbados and came to Canada in 1992, will be the first person of African descent to be a bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada.

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One comment on “(CEN) Barbados clergyman elected suffragan bishop of Toronto

  1. Teatime2 says:

    Fenty? The singer Rihanna is from Barbados and her real name is Robyn Fenty. Relatives, maybe?