Background
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.
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.
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 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 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 Doctor of Philosophy 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.
Episcopate
In 2007 Bishop Victoria Matthews resigned as Bishop of Edmonton and Alexander became diocesan administrator in her capacity as dean of the diocese. She was elected to be the next bishop on 8 March 2008 on the third ballot. Alexander was consecrated as a bishop at All Saints" Cathedral and formally installed as Bishop of Edmonton on 11 May 2008, the feast of Pentecost.
Matthews was Alexander"s ordaining bishop for her diaconal and priestly ordinations and was a co-consecrator for her episcopal ordination.
The Most Reverend John Robert Clarke, 10th Archbishop of Athabasca
15th Metropolitan of Rupert"s Land
The Right Reverend Gregory Kerr-Wilson, 11th Bishop of Qu"Appelle
Previously Dean of Edmonton and Rector of All Saints" Cathedral
The Right Reverend Victoria Matthews, then Bishop-Elect of Christ Church
9th Bishop of Edmonton.
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