Marion Pardy (born May 9, 1942), a diaconal minister and author, was the 37th Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 2000 to 2003.
In 1961, at age 19, she moved to Belleville, Ontario to work at Albert College, as well as to complete entrance requirements at night school for Covenant College in Winnipeg (now the Centre for Christian Studies).
In 1968 she was designated as a deaconess at Gower Street United Church in St. John's Newfoundland, and ordained as a diaconal minister.
[1] She received her Doctor of Ministry degree from Boston University School of Theology in 1997.
[3] In 2013, the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador awarded Pardy a Queen’s Jubilee Medal in recognition of her contributions to the community.