Edward Walter Scott (April 30, 1916 – June 21, 2004) was a Canadian

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bishop. Scott was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1916 and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, where his father was a

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. He attended Anglican Theological College and was ordained in 1941. He became

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in 1966. Scott served as primate of the

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from 1971 to 1986 and was also moderator of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches from 1975 to 1983. He was considered a liberal in the church and was an advocate of reforms such as the

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. In the late 1980s Scott served on the Commonwealth of Nations "Eminent Persons Group" that recommended the implementation of sanctions against South Africa. Scott was awarded the

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in 1988 and was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1978. Scott died in a car accident near Parry Sound, Ontario in 2004.

Sources

*''Radical Compassion: The Life and Times of Archbishop Edward Scott'' by Hugh McCullum ()

External links

Pearson Medal of Peace - Archbishop Edward Scott
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