Trinity Church chapel-of-ease in City of Hamilton, Bermuda 1879

The Anglican Diocese of Newfoundland was, from its creation in 1839 until 1879, the Diocese of Newfoundland and Bermuda, with the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist at St. John's, Newfoundland, and a chapel-of-ease named ''Trinity Church'' in the City of Hamilton in Pembroke Parish,

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(not to be confused either with the

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for Pembroke Parish, St. John's, or with ''Holy Trinity Church'', the

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Hamilton Parish Hamilton Parish (originally Bedford Parish) is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It was renamed for Scottish aristocrat James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (1589-1625) when he purchased the shares originally held in the Virginia Company ...

). Newfoundland and Bermuda had both been parts of

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until left out of the 1867

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. In 1842, her jurisdiction was described as "

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

, the Bermudas". In 1879 the Church of England in the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda (since 1978, an extra-provincial diocese of the

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re-titled the ''Anglican Church of Bermuda'') was created, but continued to be grouped with the Diocese of Newfoundland under the bishop of Newfoundland and Bermuda until 1919, when Newfoundland and Bermuda each received its own bishop. In 1976 the Diocese of Newfoundland was reorganised and three autonomous dioceses were created, Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador,

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, and

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. The three dioceses jointly support Queen's College, other ministries and have many common interests.

Bishops

* Aubrey Spencer (1793–1872) diocesan from 1839 - 1843. *

Edward Feild Edward Feild (7 June 1801 at Worcester, England – 8 June 1876 at Hamilton, Bermuda) was a university tutor, university examiner, Anglican clergyman, inspector of schools and second Bishop of Newfoundland. Early years Born in Worcester, E ...

(1801–1876) diocesan from 1844 - 1876. * James Kelly (1832–1907) diocesan from 1876 - 1877. * Llewellyn Jones (1840–1918) diocesan from 1878 - 1917. * William White (1873–1943) diocesan from 1918 - 1942. * Philip Abraham (1897–1955) coadjutor, 1937; diocesan from 1942 - 1955. * John Meaden diocesan from 1956 - 1965. *

Robert Seaborn Robert Lowder Seaborn (July 9, 1911 – February 15, 1993) was a Canadian minister of the Anglican faith. He was the Anglican Bishop of Newfoundland in Canada from 1965 to 1980. Born in Toronto, Ontario he attended Normal Model School and co ...

(1911–1993) diocesan from 1965 - reorganization. ** William Legge was suffragan bishop, and became diocesan bishop of Western Newfoundland when the diocese split.

References

External links

Diocese of Central NewfoundlandAnglican Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and LabradorDiocese of Western NewfoundlandQueen's College
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