Ted Scott

For the American basketball player, see Ted Scott (basketball). For the series of juvenile aviation adventures, see Ted Scott Flying Stories.

The Most Reverend Edward (Ted) Scott
Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
Church	Anglican Church of Canada
See	Extra-diocesan
In office	1971–1986
Predecessor	Howard Clark
Successor	Michael Peers
Orders
Ordination	1942
Consecration	1966
Personal details
Born	(1919-04-30)April 30, 1919 Edmonton, Alberta
Died
Previous post	Bishop of Kootenay

Edward Walter "Ted" Scott CC (April 30, 1919 – June 21, 2004) was a Canadian Anglican bishop.

Scott was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1919 and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia where his father was a rector. He attended Anglican Theological College and was ordained in 1942. He became Bishop of Kootenay in 1966.

Scott served as primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 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 ordination of women. 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 Pearson Peace Medal 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 (ISBN 1-55126-414-5)

External links

• Pearson Medal of Peace - Archbishop Edward Scott

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Howard Clark	Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1971–1986	Succeeded by Michael Peers