Jane Alexander (Bishop)
| The Right Reverend Jane Alexander |
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|---|---|
| Bishop of Edmonton | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
| See | Edmonton |
| In office | 2008–present |
| Predecessor | Victoria Matthews |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2001 |
| Consecration | 2008 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 29, 1959 |
| Previous post | Dean of Edmonton and Rector of All Saints' Cathedral |
Jane Alexander (born March 29, 1959) is a British-born Canadian Anglican bishop. She is the current Bishop of Edmonton, a bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada. She was installed on May 11, 2008, at All Saints' Anglican Cathedral.
Until her consecration as a bishop Alexander served as Dean of Edmonton and Rector of All Saints' Cathedral. She is the first female diocesan bishop to succeed another female diocesan bishop in the Anglican Communion.
Alexander grew up in England and attended Brunts Grammar School in Mansfield. As a child she was forbidden from attending any religious classes at school by her father. It was not until she was 25 that she was baptized with her eldest child in the Church of England.
Alexander graduated from Newcastle University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours, having completed a thesis on English liturgical music from 1370 to 1430. She then worked as a music teacher, eventually specializing in special education.
After moving to Canada with her family in 1990, Alexander earned a Master of Education degree in 1993, followed by a Ph.D. degree in educational psychology in 1996, both from the University of Alberta. She then worked as a professor in educational psychology at the University of Alberta.
In 1998 Alexander was ordained as a deacon. She was ordained as a priest in 2001 after earning her Masters of Theological Studies from Newman Theological College, a private Roman Catholic college. She worked at a number of parishes in the Diocese of Edmonton. In 2006 she was appointed Dean of All Saints' Cathedral in Edmonton.
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