Cuba:Episcopalians Have First Woman Bishop

[BayCityProgressive]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070207/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cuba_female_bishop

HAVANA - The Episcopal Church has named a woman as bishop in Cuba, the first such appointment by the church in the developing world, church officials said Tuesday.

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The Rev. Nerva Cot Aguilera was named suffragan bishop on Sunday during a service in the Cuban city of Matanzas, said Robert Williams, director of communications for the U.S.-based Episcopal Church.

"Her appointment is a wonderful reminder that in some nations, leadership is primarily about gifts for service and not about gender," said U.S. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, who took office in November as the first woman to lead the church.

but but but but but...I thought Cuba HATED religion and banned it?!?!!? That's what the Miami mob says! :sarcasm: