Ted Scott

infobox bishopbiog
name = Edward (Ted) Scott


religion=Anglican Church of Canada
See = Extra-diocesan
Title = Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
Period = 1971 — 1986
consecration = 1966
Predecessor = Howard Clark
Successor = Michael Peers
post = Archbishop of Qu'Appelle and Metropolitan of Rupert's Land | ordination = 1942
bishops = Bishop of Kootenay
date of birth = 1919
place of birth = Edmonton, Alberta|Anglican Portal

Edward (Ted) Scott, CC (April 30 1919 – June 21 2004) was a Canadian clergyman.

He was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1919 and grew up in Vancouver, where his father was a rector. He attended Anglican Theological College and was ordained in 1942. He became Bishop of Kootenay in 1966.

Scott served as primate of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1971 to 1986 and was also moderator of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches from 1975 to 1983. He was considered a liberal in the church and was an advocate of reforms such as the ordination of women. In the late 1980s Scott served on the Commonwealth of Nations "Eminent Persons Group" that recommended the implementation of sanctions against South Africa.

Archbishop Scott was awarded the Pearson Peace Medal in 1988 and was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1978.

He died in a car accident near Parry Sound, Ontario in 2004.

References

*"Radical Compassion: The Life and Times of Archbishop Edward Scott" Hugh McCullum (ISBN 1-55126-414-5)

External links

* [http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/pearson/1988.asp Pearson Medal of Peace - Archbishop Edward Scott]