Peter Elliott

The Very Rev. Peter Elliott (St. Catharines, ON: birth date c. 1954) Rector of Christ Church Cathedral and Dean of New Westminster in the Anglican Church of Canada. Elliott grew up in St. Catharines, ON. His brother Tim Elliott is a retired Anglican priest. His sister Anne Elliott is the head of the St. Leonard's Society for paroled ex-offenders. His eldest nephew Jeremy Elliott is the drummer in the charted Canadian roots rock band Staggered Crossing.

Elliott received his BA (Class of '73) from Trent University Peterborough, ON in English Literature and Philosophy . Subsequently, Elliott attended and graduated from the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA.. He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Niagara in 1980.. Prior to coming to Vancouver, he was a Program Director with the Anglican Church of Canada. In 1994, Elliot was made rector of Christ Church Cathedral and Dean of New Westminster. .

From 1998 to 2001, Elliott served as an Officer of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada and was elected for a second term as a member of the Council of General Synod and chair of its Planning and Agenda Team.

In 2003, Elliott was elected Deputy Prolocutor of General Synod, and in 2004, Prolocutor . Elliott also chairs a task force on negotiating a settlement concerning native residential schools.

The diocese of New Westminster was cited in the Windsor Report and the Anglican Communion Primates' Meeting over the issue of the blessing of same-sex unions . Elliott is the highest-ranking openly gay cleric in the Anglican Church of Canada. In 2005, Elliott made an official presentation to the Anglican Consultative Council in Nottingham, England.

I come to this issue as man who is a Christian, ordained for 25 years, a gay man, in a committed relationship myself. I come to this meeting with the support of my partner Thomas, my family, my parish, my bishop, my diocese. And I have brought with me the very first Bible I received when I was just 4 years old. In it, in my handwriting, are the words, “Today I gave Jesus my life.” It’s dated 1962 March 29. I was eight years old.

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Elliott serves on the board of directors of the Vancouver International Film Festival. He has reviewed movies for the Anglican Journal - the national newspaper of the Anglican Church of Canada and for the newspaper of the Anglican Church of Australia. In 1999, his film reviews received an award of excellence from the Associated Church Press..

Elliot has been involved with the popular CBC readings of "A Christmas Carol" from their inception. His sister-in-law is the CBC radio announcer Judy Maddren who began the readings in 1990 in Toronto.. In Vancouver, Christ Church Cathedral has held the popular readings for a decade.

Sources

• "Eldest nephew in rock band" Retrieved 08 Jan 2007
• "CBC interview" Retrieved 07 Jan 2007.
• "Press Release" Retrieved 07 Jan 2007
• "CBC A Christmas Carol" Retrieved 07 Jan 2007
• "Trent Magazine" Retrieved 07 Jan 2007
• "Trent Alumni article" Retrieved 07 Jan 2007
• "Vancouver International Film Festival" Retrieved 07 Jan 2007.
• "Report on the Diocese of New Westminster" Retrieved on 07 Jan 2007
• "Primate's meeting" Retrieved 07 Jan 2007.
• "Anglican Consultative Presentation" Retrieved 07 Jan 2007.

See also

Province, Diocese and Parish Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver Anglican Diocese of New Westminster Anglican Church of Canada Church of England

Controversy in the Diocese of New Westminster Windsor Report Blessing of same-sex unions in Christian churches Michael Ingham

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