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Source: BBC News

Cuba ordains first woman bishop

By Stephen Gibbs
BBC News, Havana

The Episcopal Church in Cuba has consecrated a woman bishop - the first in the developing world.

The Reverend Nerva Cot is now the 11th female bishop in the world.

As Ms Cot was consecrated, she was surrounded by senior Church leaders from within Cuba, as well as the bishops of Panama, Haiti and Miami.

Only the Catholic Church, which has the largest Christian congregation in the country, did not send a senior official to the ceremony.

Communist Cuba was officially atheist until it changed its constitution in 1992.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6738749.stm

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6738749.stm

Why would the Catholic Church snub the consecration of an Episcopal bishop? Was it because the bishop was a woman?

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