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The Consecration and Insallation of Melissa Skelton as the 9th Bishop of New Westminster took place on Saturday 1st March.

Members of St. Francis-in-the-Wood joined 1300 others from around the Lower Mainland and beyond at the Vancouver Convention Centre for the ordination of Bishop Melissa and then in a parade to Christ Church Cathedral where she was formally installed as Bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster.

This historic occasion was covered by many media outlets, and there is an article detailing the day's events on the diocesan wesbite.