Melissa M. Skelton


Melissa Skelton
Archbishop of New Westminster
Archbishop Skelton in 2014
ChurchAnglican Church of Canada
ProvinceEcclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon
DioceseNew Westminster
In office2014–2021
PredecessorMichael Ingham
SuccessorJohn Stephens
Other post(s)Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon (2018–2021)
Bishop provisional of Olympia (2023–2024)
Orders
Ordination1993
ConsecrationMarch 1, 2014
by Fred Hiltz
Personal details
Born (1951-03-14) March 14, 1951 (age 73)
Spouse
Eric Stroo
(m. 2015)

Melissa Maxine Skelton (born March 14, 1951) is an American Anglican bishop who served in the Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church. She was previously the 9th Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster, a diocese in the Anglican Church of Canada, and was the 12th Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon.[1] She was the first woman to be elected a metropolitan and archbishop in Anglican Church of Canada. Skelton was succeeded in her ministry as Bishop of New Westminster by John Stephens on February 28, 2021.[2]

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