Terence Finlay, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Terence Finlay

Anglican bishop

Date of Birth: 19-May-1937

Date of Death: 20-Mar-2017

Profession: priest

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Terence Finlay

  • Terence Edward Finlay (May 19, 1937 – March 20, 2017) was a Canadian Anglican bishop.
  • He served as Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Toronto from 2000 to 2004.He graduated from Huron University College at University of Western Ontario in 1959, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.He became a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada.
  • He was consecrated as a bishop in 1986 and appointed area bishop of the Trent-Durham episcopal area.
  • He was elected co-adjutor bishop of Toronto in 1987 and installed as the 10th Bishop of Toronto in 1989.
  • He became the 16th Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Toronto in October 2000.
  • He retired in 2004. Renison University College awarded him an Honorary Senior Fellowship in 1992.
  • Huron University College at Western University bestowed him with its "Alumni Award of Distinction" in 2006.In 1992 he dismissed the Reverend James Ferry for maintaining a homosexual relationship, while saying that the church had maintained "a conspiracy of silence" regarding the issue of homosexuality and the priesthood.Finlay was disciplined by the church body for marrying a same-sex lesbian couple in 2006.
  • He commented that he agreed with the principle of allowing same-sex marriages, and regretted his actions in 1992.

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