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Nerva Cot Aguilera
Nerva Cot Aguilera (1938/1939 – July 10, 2010) was a Cubans, Cuban Anglican bishop. From 2007 to 2010, she was a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Church of Cuba. Upon her consecration, she became the first female Anglican bishop in a developing country and in the whole of Latin America, and the first female bishop in the Caribbean. Ordained ministry Cot was ordained in the Episcopal Church of Cuba as a Priest#Anglican or Episcopalian, priest in 1987. This made her one of the first three women ordained to the priesthood in Cuba. In February 2007, it was announced that Cot was to become a bishop, as one of the newly created suffragan bishops of the Episcopal Church of Cuba; the other was Ulises Mario Aguero Prendes. On June 10, 2007, she was consecrated a bishop during a service at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Havana. This made her the first woman to become an Anglican bishop in the whole of Latin America and in a developing country. She was also the first female bishop in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Reverend
The Right Reverend (abbreviated The Rt Revd, The Rt Rev'd, The Rt Rev.) is a style applied to certain religious figures. Overview *In the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church in Great Britain, it applies to bishops, except that '' The Most Reverend'' is used for archbishops (elsewhere, all Catholic bishops are styled as ''The Most Reverend''). *In some churches with a Presbyterian heritage, it applies to the current Moderator of the General Assembly, such as **the current Moderator of the United Church of Canada (if the moderator is an ordained minister; laypeople may be elected moderator, but are not styled Right Reverend) **the current Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland **the current Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland **the current Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa **the current Moderator of Presbyterian Church of Ghana **the current Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana **the current Mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |