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Cuba: Episcopal Church Ordains 1st Woman Bishop in Region
Via NY Transfer News Collective All the News that Doesn't Fit
[This story may be confusing to the uninitiated since "Episcopal" and
"Anglican" is used interchangeably. See the second article
by Reuters' Anthony Boadle, which explains that the Episcopal Church in
Cuba is actually part of the "worldwide Anglican Communion," In
Cuba, the Episcopal Archbishop is Andrew Hutchison, who presided over
Sunday's ceremony. The church now has 11 women bishops worldwide. The
"Worldwide Anglican Communion" had a major dust-up a couple of years ago
when they appointed their first openly gay bishop.-NYTr]
Agencia Cubana de Noticias (AIN)
http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles
Cuba: Episcopal Church Ordains Fist Woman Bishop in Developing World
Nerva Cot Aguilera is 11th Female Biship in Anglican Church
Havana, June 11 (acn) The Episcopal Church in Cuba ordained
69-year-old Nerva Cot Aguilera its bishop on Sunday.
Cot, who has become the first woman bishop in Latin America and the
Caribbean and the 11th in the Anglican Church around the world,
said she would bring a feminine touch to the leadership of that
religious institution in Cuba, where there are nearly 5.000 followers.
"Women do not tend toward absolutism; rather, we listen," she
said.
The consecration ceremony was held at the Havana's Holy Trinity
Cathedral and was attended by the Reverend Miguel Eduardo Tamayo
Zaldivar, Bishop of the Episcopal Church on the island.
Reverend Tamayo Saldivar termed Cot Aguilera's ordainment a
landmark in the history of the Episcopate in Latin America.
Reuters via Caribbean Net News - Jun 11, 2007
http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-1992--5-5--.html
Cuba's first woman Episcopal bishop ordained
By Anthony Boadle
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): The Episcopal Church broke new ground in Cuba
on Sunday by ordaining its first woman bishop in the developing world
at a ceremony that mixed incense with rhythmic Caribbean music.
The Rev. Nerva Cot said she will bring a feminine touch to leadership
of her church's small but growing congregation in communist Cuba, where
religious worship was freed [sic] a decade ago.
A dozen bishops from North, Central and South America and Europe
attended the consecration of Cot and Ulises Aguero as suffragan, or
auxiliary, bishops at Havana's Episcopal Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
The Cuban church is part of the Worldwide Anglican Communion.
"This is an important date for the Anglican Communion because there are
so few women bishops among us, only 11," said Canada's Archbishop
Andrew Hutchison, who headed the ceremony.
"There is a vitality and a deep enthusiasm in Cuba that is an important
gift to a church that has too often been very conservative," Hutchison
told reporters.
Christian Cubans are overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, and the Episcopal
Church has only 5,000 baptized followers in the country.
Cot, who favors allowing gays to become priests, said she hopes her
role will encourage other Latin American countries to broaden diversity
in the Episcopal Church.
Gays "are children of God too. We should respect them and consider
them," Cot said.
The Worldwide Anglican Communion has been deeply divided since 2003
when the US Episcopal Church, its 2.4 million-member US branch,
consecrated the first openly gay bishop in more than 450 years of
Anglican church history.
In a sign of religious tolerance in Cuba, the ruling Communist Party
was represented at Sunday's ceremony in the front row pew by its
official in charge of religious affairs, Caridad Diego.
Cuba changed its constitution and officially ceased to be an atheist
state in 1992, allowing religious worship even among members of the
Communist Party.
The Episcopal faith was brought to Cuba by American missionaries in the
19th century. Cuba was a diocese of the US church until 1967, when
hostility between the Cuban and US governments caused a break, and is
now affiliated with Canada's Anglican Church.
Cot, 69, joined a seminary in the town of Matanzas at the age of 18
thinking she would become a missionary.
Now as auxiliary bishop for the western half of Cuba, she says being a
woman will help her in reconciling Cuba after a "period of
polarization" when religious faith was persecuted.
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Cuba: Episcopal Church Ordains 1st Woman Bishop in Region
Via NY Transfer News Collective All the News that Doesn't Fit
[This story may be confusing to the uninitiated since "Episcopal" and
"Anglican" is used interchangeably. See the second article
by Reuters' Anthony Boadle, which explains that the Episcopal Church in
Cuba is actually part of the "worldwide Anglican Communion," In
Cuba, the Episcopal Archbishop is Andrew Hutchison, who presided over
Sunday's ceremony. The church now has 11 women bishops worldwide. The
"Worldwide Anglican Communion" had a major dust-up a couple of years ago
when they appointed their first openly gay bishop.-NYTr]
Agencia Cubana de Noticias (AIN)
http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles
Cuba: Episcopal Church Ordains Fist Woman Bishop in Developing World
Nerva Cot Aguilera is 11th Female Biship in Anglican Church
Havana, June 11 (acn) The Episcopal Church in Cuba ordained
69-year-old Nerva Cot Aguilera its bishop on Sunday.
Cot, who has become the first woman bishop in Latin America and the
Caribbean and the 11th in the Anglican Church around the world,
said she would bring a feminine touch to the leadership of that
religious institution in Cuba, where there are nearly 5.000 followers.
"Women do not tend toward absolutism; rather, we listen," she
said.
The consecration ceremony was held at the Havana's Holy Trinity
Cathedral and was attended by the Reverend Miguel Eduardo Tamayo
Zaldivar, Bishop of the Episcopal Church on the island.
Reverend Tamayo Saldivar termed Cot Aguilera's ordainment a
landmark in the history of the Episcopate in Latin America.
Reuters via Caribbean Net News - Jun 11, 2007
http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-1992--5-5--.html
Cuba's first woman Episcopal bishop ordained
By Anthony Boadle
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): The Episcopal Church broke new ground in Cuba
on Sunday by ordaining its first woman bishop in the developing world
at a ceremony that mixed incense with rhythmic Caribbean music.
The Rev. Nerva Cot said she will bring a feminine touch to leadership
of her church's small but growing congregation in communist Cuba, where
religious worship was freed [sic] a decade ago.
A dozen bishops from North, Central and South America and Europe
attended the consecration of Cot and Ulises Aguero as suffragan, or
auxiliary, bishops at Havana's Episcopal Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
The Cuban church is part of the Worldwide Anglican Communion.
"This is an important date for the Anglican Communion because there are
so few women bishops among us, only 11," said Canada's Archbishop
Andrew Hutchison, who headed the ceremony.
"There is a vitality and a deep enthusiasm in Cuba that is an important
gift to a church that has too often been very conservative," Hutchison
told reporters.
Christian Cubans are overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, and the Episcopal
Church has only 5,000 baptized followers in the country.
Cot, who favors allowing gays to become priests, said she hopes her
role will encourage other Latin American countries to broaden diversity
in the Episcopal Church.
Gays "are children of God too. We should respect them and consider
them," Cot said.
The Worldwide Anglican Communion has been deeply divided since 2003
when the US Episcopal Church, its 2.4 million-member US branch,
consecrated the first openly gay bishop in more than 450 years of
Anglican church history.
In a sign of religious tolerance in Cuba, the ruling Communist Party
was represented at Sunday's ceremony in the front row pew by its
official in charge of religious affairs, Caridad Diego.
Cuba changed its constitution and officially ceased to be an atheist
state in 1992, allowing religious worship even among members of the
Communist Party.
The Episcopal faith was brought to Cuba by American missionaries in the
19th century. Cuba was a diocese of the US church until 1967, when
hostility between the Cuban and US governments caused a break, and is
now affiliated with Canada's Anglican Church.
Cot, 69, joined a seminary in the town of Matanzas at the age of 18
thinking she would become a missionary.
Now as auxiliary bishop for the western half of Cuba, she says being a
woman will help her in reconciling Cuba after a "period of
polarization" when religious faith was persecuted.
================================================================
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Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us
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