Fran Toy

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Fran Toy (born August 9, 1934) is an American Christian priest, and the first Asian American woman to be ordained in the Episcopal Church. [1] [2] Toy became the first female warden at the Episcopal Church of Our Savior Church, Oakland in 1974. Toy is also the first female cleric to be elected as a deputy to General Convention from the Diocese of California 1988. [2] Additionally, she is the first deployment officer employed in an Episcopal seminary to serve on the national church's deployment board from 1994 to 2000. [2]

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Early life and education

Toy grew up in Oakland's Chinatown, California, [2] [3] where she also grew up going to the Church of Our Savior, a Chinese congregation in Oakland. [1] Her and her family were part of the working class as they lived in Wilma Chan Park, formerly Madison Square Park. [3] Toy's mother was the first woman to open up a school in Chinatown. [2] Her childhood home was destroyed by urban renewal due to the arrival of Bay Area Rapid Transit. [3]

Toy graduated from the University of California, Berkeley [2] in 1956. [4] In 1984, she graduated from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) with a Master of Divinity. [2] [5]

Career

Following in her mother's footsteps, Toy began her career as an educator, teaching in an elementary school in Oakland, California for 18 years. [2]

Toy became the first female warden at the Episcopal Church of Our Savior Church, Oakland in 1974. [2] In 1987, Toy was a member of the Committee of the Full Participation of Women. [6] She is the first female cleric to be elected as a deputy to General Convention from the Diocese of California 1988. [2] She is also the first deployment officer employed in an Episcopal seminary to serve on the national church's deployment board from 1994 to 2000. [2]

On June 6, 2008, Toy spoke at the opening of the Episcopal Asiamerica Ministries Consultation in Kaoshiung, Taiwan. There, she gave a welcoming and thanksgiving to the host Diocese of Taiwan. [7]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Fran Toy, Associate Clergy". St. John's. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  3. 1 2 3 "Transit Oriented Displacement: Circa 1965 | Reimagine!". www.reimaginerpe.org. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  4. ↑ "The Rev. Dr. Fran Toy's Reflections on Racial Awakening". St. John's. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  5. ↑ Klimovitz, Greg (2023-01-06). "Baltimore, Canterbury, & Beyond". Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  6. ↑ "Episcopal News Service: Press Release # 87004". episcopalarchives.org. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  7. ↑ "Episcopal News Service: Press Release # 061608-01". episcopalarchives.org. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
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