September 1, 2002 Obituaries

Leslie Peterson Leslie Peterson, former bishop of Algoma, died of a heart attack on July 25 in London, Ont. after returning home from a visit with family and friends in British Columbia. He was 73. A funeral service was held...

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May 1, 2002 Eugene Fairweather

Canon Eugene Fairweather, prominent for many years in Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue, a prolific writer and teacher of theology, died April 6 at the age of 81 in Kentville, N.S. An original planner of the Toronto...

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May 1, 2002 Sleiman Hajjar

Bishop Sleiman Hajjar, 51, the eparch or leader of Greek Melkite Catholics in Canada, drowned off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on March 10 while on vacation. Several weeks earlier, he and the Anglican primate,...

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April 1, 2002 Marga Buhrig

Marga Buhrig, a former president of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and one of Switzerland's pioneering feminist theologians, died in February. She was 86. Born in Berlin in 1915, Ms. Buhrig moved as a child with her...

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March 1, 2002 Desmond F. Carroll

Dean Desmond F. Carroll, who retired last year after serving 16 years as dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Whitehorse, diocese of the Yukon, died suddenly on Jan. 24 at the age of 63. He also served as chaplain to the...

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March 1, 2002 James Reed

Dr. James Reed, a former director of the Toronto School of Theology and professor of pastoral psychology and counselling at Trinity College of the University of Toronto, has died at 62 of a heart attack. Dr. Reed was first...

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March 1, 2002 Jan H. Kok

Geneva (ENI)-Jan H. Kok, who as communication director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) played a key role in founding Ecumenical News International (ENI), died of cancer last month. He was 59. As the WCC's...

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February 1, 2002 Dr. Marion Niven

Dr. Marion Niven, former principal of the Anglican Women's Training College and its successor institution, the Centre for Christian Studies, died in Toronto on Jan. 4 at the age of 83. Born in Toronto, she earned a B.A....

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December 1, 2001 Canon Tom Robinson

Canon Tom Robinson, 72, a key figure in the Anglican Church of Canada's evangelical movement, died of cancer in October in Saint John, N.B. Mr. Robinson's ministry extended more than 40 years, in Ontario, Quebec, New...

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November 1, 2001 Bishop involved in founding PWRDF

Bishop Leonard Fraser Hatfield Bishop Leonard Fraser Hatfield, former bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and author of a book about an Inuit priest, died in September. He was 81. A native of Port Greville,...

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