Ted Follows (bishop)

Edward Arthur "Ted" Follows (June 8, 1926 – September 1, 2013[1]) was a Canadian Anglican bishop and pastor in the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC). From 1993 to 1996, he was bishop ordinary of the Diocese of Western Canada and Alaska.

This article is about the Canadian bishop. For the Canadian actor, see Ted Follows.
The Right Reverend

E. A. "Ted" Follows
Bishop of Western Canada and Alaska
ChurchReformed Episcopal Church
DioceseWestern Canada and Alaska
In office1993–1996 (Western Canada and Alaska)
SuccessorCharles Dorrington
Other post(s)Rector, Church of Our Lord
Orders
ConsecrationSeptember 12, 1993
by Wilbur Lyle
Personal details
BornJune 8, 1926
DiedSeptember 1, 2013(2013-09-01) (aged 87)

Biography

The Reformed Episcopal Church had dwindled in Canada to just three parishes, including the historic Church of Our Lord founded by Edward Cridge, when it was decided to create two dioceses and pursue reunification with the U.S. branch of the REC. Follows was elected bishop of the newly formed Diocese of Western Canada and Alaska.[2] On September 13, 1993, he was consecrated by the Rt. Rev. Wilbur Lyle, the Rt. Rev. Royal U. Grote Jr., the Rt. Rev. Robert H. Booth, and newly consecrated REC Bishop of Eastern Canada Michael Fedechko.[3]

Follows served concurrently as rector of Church of Our Lord. In 1994, the Reformed Episcopal Church of Canada merged into the Reformed Episcopal Church.[4] In 1996, Follows stepped down to focus on his work as rector of Church of Our Lord and principal of Cridge Memorial Theological College and was succeeded by Charles Dorrington.[2]

Follows was married to Betty and had three children. He died on September 13, 2013, in Sidney, Vancouver Island.[1]

References
  1. "Edward Arthur Follows". The Times Colonist. September 8, 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  2. "REPORT OF BISHOP E. A. (Ted) FOLLOWS" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Forty-Eighth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 97–99. 1996. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. "FORTY-EIGHTH GENERAL COUNCIL of the REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Forty-Eighth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 55, 60, 98. 1996. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. "REPORT OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE" (PDF). Journal of the Proceedings of the Forty-Eighth General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church: 44. 1996. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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