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- ↑ "News Alert - Consecration of Bishop-Elect Sandra Fyfe". Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ↑ "Sandra Fyfe Nominee Information Form for the Position of Bishop of the Diocese of NSPEI" (PDF). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ↑ Gardner, Matt (1 December 2020). "Fyfe voted bishop of Nova Scotia and P.E.I." Anglican Journal. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ↑ "The Ordination and Consecration of the Reverend Sandra Ruth Fyfe". Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 1 December 2020.