# Terence Finlay

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'''Terence Edward Finlay''' (May 19, 1937 &ndash; March 20, 2017) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [Anglican](/source/Anglican) bishop. He served as [Metropolitan of Ontario](/source/Ecclesiastical_Province_of_Ontario) and [Archbishop of Toronto](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Toronto) from 2000 to 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anglicanjournal.com/articles/terence-finlay-79-joyful-and-deeply-faithful|title=Terence Finlay, 79, 'joyful...and deeply faithful'|date=20 March 2017}}</ref>

He graduated from [Huron University College](/source/Huron_University_College) at [University of Western Ontario](/source/University_of_Western_Ontario) in 1959, where he became a member of the [Sigma Chi](/source/Sigma_Chi) fraternity.<ref>{{cite web| title =List of Significant Sigs | publisher =Sigma Chi Foundation| url =http://www2.sigmachi.org/foundation/significant_sigs.phtml?strLetter=F&PHPSESSID=8d1e093c916b75ede93f4318a0e63b97| access-date =2007-12-25}}</ref> On June 30, 1962, he married Alice-Jean Cracknell in the Huron University College Chapel.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Alice Cracknell, Terence Finlay To Be Married; Graduates of Western Ontario to Be Wed in Canada on June 30 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/05/23/84789833.html |access-date=2025-12-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

He became a priest in the [Anglican Church of Canada](/source/Anglican_Church_of_Canada). He was consecrated as a bishop in 1986 and appointed area bishop of the Trent-Durham episcopal area. He was elected co-adjutor bishop of Toronto in 1987 and installed as the 10th [Bishop of Toronto](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Toronto) in 1989. He became the 16th [Metropolitan of Ontario](/source/Ecclesiastical_Province_of_Ontario) and [Archbishop of Toronto](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Toronto) in October 2000. He retired in 2004.

[Renison University College](/source/Renison_University_College) awarded him an Honorary Senior Fellowship in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/honorary-senior-fellows-renison-university-college |title=Honorary Senior Fellows of Renison University College {{!}} Renison University College {{!}} University of Waterloo |website=uwaterloo.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430204858/https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/honorary-senior-fellows-renison-university-college |archive-date=2019-04-30}} </ref> [Huron University College](/source/Huron_University_College) at Western University bestowed him with its "Alumni Award of Distinction" in 2006.<ref>{{cite web| title =Huron Alumni Awards of Distinction| publisher =Huron University College| url =http://www2.sigmachi.org/foundation/significant_sigs.phtml?strLetter=F&PHPSESSID=8d1e093c916b75ede93f4318a0e63b97| access-date =2007-12-25}}</ref>

In 1992 he dismissed the Reverend [James Ferry](/source/James_Ferry_(priest)) for maintaining a homosexual relationship, while saying that the church had maintained "a conspiracy of silence" regarding the issue of homosexuality and the priesthood.<ref>{{cite news| last =Burns| first =John F| title =Gay Canadian Minister Stands Trial | work =New York Times| date =1992-02-09| url =https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4D91131F93AA35751C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all| access-date =2007-12-25}}</ref>

Finlay was disciplined by the church body for marrying a same-sex lesbian couple in 2006.<ref>{{cite news| last =Pigott| first =Robert| title =Archbishop in lesbian wedding row | publisher =BBC| date =2006-10-01| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5396516.stm| access-date =2007-12-25}}</ref> He commented that he agreed with the principle of allowing [same-sex marriage](/source/same-sex_marriage)s, and regretted his actions in 1992.<ref>{{cite news| last =Sison| first =Marites N| title =Retired Toronto bishop disciplined for performing same-sex marriage| publisher =Episcopal News Services| date =2006-09-30| url =http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_78296_ENG_HTM.htm| access-date =2007-12-25}}</ref>

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