List of Anglican Church of Canada dioceses
Encyclopedia
The Anglican Church of Canada is divided into four ecclesiastical province
s, each under the jurisdiction of a provincial synod
and a metropolitan
, who is elected from among the bishops of the province. The first ecclesiastical province — Canada — was created in 1860, followed by Rupert's Land in 1875, Ontario in 1912 (carved from Canada) and British Columbia in 1914 (carved from Rupert's Land). The latter province became "British Columbia and the Yukon" in 1943, when the latter territory was joined to it from Rupert's Land.
The list of dioceses below indicates in parentheses the Canadian provinces and territories in which the dioceses are located.
was founded in 1860, and consists of seven diocese
s:
The metropolitan is the Most Rev. Claude W. Miller of Fredericton.
was formed in 1875, and consists of ten dioceses:
The metropolitan is the Most Rev. David Ashdown of Keewatin.
was formed out of the province of Canada and the Diocese of Moosonee (which had been in Rupert's Land) in 1912. It consists of seven dioceses:
The metropolitan is the Most Rev. Colin Johnson of Toronto.
The Metropolitan is the Most Rev. John Privett of the Diocese of Kootenay
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
s, each under the jurisdiction of a provincial synod
Synod
A synod historically is a council of a church, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. In modern usage, the word often refers to the governing body of a particular church, whether its members are meeting or not...
and a metropolitan
Metropolitan bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
, who is elected from among the bishops of the province. The first ecclesiastical province — Canada — was created in 1860, followed by Rupert's Land in 1875, Ontario in 1912 (carved from Canada) and British Columbia in 1914 (carved from Rupert's Land). The latter province became "British Columbia and the Yukon" in 1943, when the latter territory was joined to it from Rupert's Land.
The list of dioceses below indicates in parentheses the Canadian provinces and territories in which the dioceses are located.
Canada
The Ecclesiastical Province of CanadaEcclesiastical Province of Canada
The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada was founded in 1860 and is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. Despite its name, the province covers only the former territory of Lower Canada , the Maritimes, and Newfoundland and Labrador...
was founded in 1860, and consists of seven diocese
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
s:
- Central NewfoundlandAnglican Diocese of Central NewfoundlandThe Diocese of Central Newfoundland is part of the Anglican Church of Canada and was brought about by The Restructuring of the Diocese of Newfoundland Act, 1975...
(Newfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
), and - Eastern Newfoundland and LabradorAnglican Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and LabradorThe Anglican Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador is one of seven dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Canada.-History:From 1839-1925 the Diocese included Bermuda as well as Newfoundland....
(Newfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
), - FrederictonAnglican Diocese of FrederictonThe Diocese of Fredericton is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada. Established in 1845, its first bishop was the Rt. Rev. John Medley, who served until his death on September 9, 1892...
(New BrunswickNew BrunswickNew Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
), - Nova Scotia and Prince Edward IslandAnglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward IslandThe Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada. It encompasses the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and has two cathedrals: All Saints' in Halifax and St. Peter's in Charlottetown...
(Nova ScotiaNova ScotiaNova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
and Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
), - MontrealAnglican Diocese of MontrealThe Diocese of Montreal is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada, in turn a province of the Anglican Communion. The diocese comprises the 21,400 square kilometres encompassing the City and Island of Montreal, the Laurentians, the South Shore opposite...
(QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
), - QuebecAnglican Diocese of QuebecThe Anglican Diocese of Quebec was founded by Letters Patent in 1793, and is a part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada, in turn a province of the Anglican Communion...
(whose borders are consistent with Lower CanadaLower CanadaThe Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
outside of MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
), and - Western NewfoundlandAnglican Diocese of Western NewfoundlandThe Anglican Diocese of Western Newfoundland is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada. It comprises 32 congregations serving communities in Newfoundland and Labrador.-Bishops:*William Gordon Legge...
(Newfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
).
The metropolitan is the Most Rev. Claude W. Miller of Fredericton.
Rupert's Land
The Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's LandEcclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land
The Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land was founded in 1875 and is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. The territory covered by the province is roughly coterminous with the western portion of the former Hudson's Bay Company concession of Rupert's Land, as...
was formed in 1875, and consists of ten dioceses:
- AthabascaAnglican Diocese of AthabascaThe Anglican Diocese of Athabasca is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada, in the northern half of the civil province of Alberta. It was created in 1874 by the division of the original Diocese of Rupert's Land. The Synod of the Diocese of...
(AlbertaAlbertaAlberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
), - The Arctic (Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest TerritoriesThe Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
, NunavutNunavutNunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
, and NunavikNunavikNunavik comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, Canada. Covering a land area of 443,684.71 km² north of the 55th parallel, it is the homeland of the Inuit of Quebec...
(northern Quebec)), - BrandonAnglican Diocese of BrandonThe Diocese of Brandon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It has an area of 65,000 square miles. The current Bishop is Jim Njegovan. Its cathedral is in Brandon....
(ManitobaManitobaManitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
), - CalgaryAnglican Diocese of CalgaryThe Anglican Diocese of Calgary is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada, located in the southern part of the civil province of Alberta. It was established in 1888...
(Alberta), - EdmontonAnglican Diocese of EdmontonThe Diocese of Edmonton is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. The diocese comprises almost 78,000 square kilometres of the civil Province of Alberta, consisting of a band across the central part of the province, extending to the borders of...
(Alberta), - KeewatinAnglican Diocese of KeewatinThe Diocese of Keewatin is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada. It straddles the border of the civil provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, comprising over 900,000 square kilometres. The diocese is geographically isolated, consisting of mainly small, and mostly First Nations communities. The...
(Manitoba and northwestern OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, north of the 49th parallel), - Qu'AppelleAnglican Diocese of Qu'AppelleThe Diocese of Qu’Appelle in the Anglican Church of Canada lies in the southern third of the civil province of Saskatchewan and contains within its geographical boundaries some 50% of the province's population of one million.-History:...
(SaskatchewanSaskatchewanSaskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
) (corresponding to the pre-1905 District of Assiniboia in the North-West Territories), - Rupert's LandAnglican Diocese of Rupert's LandThe Diocese of Rupert's Land is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is named for the historical British North American territory of Rupert's Land, which was contained within the original diocesan boundaries.The diocese comprises 72,500...
(Manitoba), - SaskatchewanAnglican Diocese of SaskatchewanThe Diocese of Saskatchewan is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada formed in 1874. Its headquarters are in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The diocese of Saskatoon was split off from it in 1933....
(Saskatchewan), and - SaskatoonAnglican Diocese of SaskatoonThe Diocese of Saskatoon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. Its territory is a band across the middle of the province of Saskatchewan. It was separated from the Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan in 1933. The motto of the diocese is Sursum...
(Saskatchewan).
The metropolitan is the Most Rev. David Ashdown of Keewatin.
Ontario
The Ecclesiastical Province of OntarioEcclesiastical Province of Ontario
The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario is one of the Anglican Church of Canada's four ecclesiastical provinces. It was established in 1912 out of six dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada located in the civil Province of Ontario, and the Diocese of Moosonee from the Ecclesiastical...
was formed out of the province of Canada and the Diocese of Moosonee (which had been in Rupert's Land) in 1912. It consists of seven dioceses:
- AlgomaAnglican Diocese of AlgomaThe Diocese of Algoma is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada. It comprises nearly 182,000 square kilometres of the Ontario districts of Algoma , Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Manitoulin, and parts of the districts of Nipissing and Timiskaming...
(OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
), - HuronAnglican Diocese of HuronThe Diocese of Huron is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada. The diocese comprises just over 31,000 square kilometres of the extreme south-western portion of the civil province of Ontario, sandwiched between Lake Huron and Lake Erie...
(Ontario), - MoosoneeAnglican Diocese of MoosoneeThe Anglican Diocese of Moosonee is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada. Now headquartered in Timmins, Ontario it was originally headquartered in Moose Factory. Its first bishop was the Right Rev. John Horden....
(Ontario and part of northern QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
on the coast of James BayJames BayJames Bay is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean. James Bay borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario; islands within the bay are part of Nunavut...
), - NiagaraAnglican Diocese of NiagaraThe Diocese of Niagara is one of thirty regional divisions in the Anglican Church of Canada. The see city of the diocese is Hamilton with the Bishop's seat being located at Christ's Church Cathedral on James Street North. Located within the ecclesiastical province of Ontario, it borders the...
(Ontario), - OntarioAnglican Diocese of OntarioThe Diocese of Ontario is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada, itself a province of the Anglican Communion. Its See city is Kingston, Ontario, and its cathedral is St. George's, Kingston...
(Ontario), - OttawaAnglican Diocese of OttawaThe Diocese of Ottawa is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada, itself a province of the Anglican Communion.-Bishops of Ottawa:...
(Ontario), and - TorontoAnglican Diocese of TorontoThe Diocese of Toronto is an administrative division of the Anglican Church of Canada covering the central part of southern Ontario. It has the most members of any Anglican diocese in Canada. It is also one of the biggest Anglican dioceses in the Americas in terms of numbers of parishioners, clergy...
.
The metropolitan is the Most Rev. Colin Johnson of Toronto.
British Columbia and the Yukon
The Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon was formed in 1914 as the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia. It was expanded in 1943 to incorporate the Diocese of Yukon, which was transferred from Rupert's Land. The province includes five dioceses:- CaledoniaAnglican Diocese of CaledoniaThe Diocese of Caledonia is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada.Early missionary leaders who served in this diocese include Bishop William Ridley and James Benjamin McCullagh....
(British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
), - Anglican Parishes of the Central InteriorAnglican Parishes of the Central InteriorThe Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior is an administrative region formed in 2002 out of the former Anglican Diocese of Cariboo, part of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada....
(British Columbia) (This region comprises the parishes of the former Anglican Diocese of CaribooAnglican Diocese of CaribooThe Diocese of Cariboo was a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada. Incorporated in 1914, the diocese ceased operations on December 31, 2001 after being forced into bankruptcy when the financial strain of legal costs associated...
under the oversight of the Metropolitan, who assigns this responsibility to a suffragan bishopCoadjutor bishopA coadjutor bishop is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese, almost as co-bishop of the diocese...
) - British ColumbiaAnglican Diocese of British ColumbiaThe Diocese of British Columbia is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada....
(British Columbia), - KootenayAnglican Diocese of KootenayThe Diocese of Kootenay is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada.-External links:*...
(British Columbia), - New WestminsterAnglican Diocese of New WestminsterThe Diocese of New Westminster is one of six dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada. The See city is Vancouver. The current bishop is the Right Rev. Michael Ingham and the Dean of New Westminster is the Very Rev. Peter Elliott...
(British Columbia), and - YukonAnglican Diocese of YukonThe Anglican Diocese of Yukon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada. It comprises 15 congregations serving 24 communities in the Yukon and parts of northern British Columbia....
(YukonYukonYukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
).
The Metropolitan is the Most Rev. John Privett of the Diocese of Kootenay