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Anglican Diocese Of Athabasca
The Anglican Diocese of Athabasca is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights, Northern Lights of the Anglican Church of Canada, in the northern half of the civil province of Alberta. It was created in 1874 by the division into four parts of the original Diocese of Rupert's Land. The Synod of the Diocese of Athabasca was organized in 1876. The diocese was then itself subdivided in 1892 to create the new dioceses of Diocese of Selkirk, Selkirk (later renamed Yukon) and Diocese of Mackenzie River, Mackenzie River and in 1933 to create the Diocese of the Arctic, Diocese of The Arctic (which subsumed Mackenzie River). The see city is Peace River, Alberta, Peace River. The diocese has had at least two other See Cities: Fort Simpson and Fort Vermilion. The bishop resided for a considerable period at Athabasca Landing, but it is not certain whether it was ever his "seat". Other cities in the diocese are Grande Prairie and Fort McMurray. The diocesan bishop is David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglicanism
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Most are members of national or regional Ecclesiastical province#Anglican Communion, ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, one of the largest Christian bodies in the world, and the world's third-largest Christian communion. When united and uniting churches, united churches in the Anglican Communion and the breakaway Continuing Anglican movement were not counted, there were an estimated 97.4 million Anglicans worldwide in 2020. Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The provinces within the Anglican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bompas
William Carpenter Bompas (20 January 1834 – 9 June 1906) was a Church of England clergyman and missionary in northwestern Canada, first Anglican bishop of the Athabasca diocese, then of the Mackenzie River diocese and then of the Selkirk (Yukon) diocese as these dioceses were successively carved out of the original Rupert's Land diocese. Born in London, England, he died in Carcross, Yukon. His wife Charlotte Selina (Cox) Bompas participated in his missionary work, and wrote ''Owindia: A True Tale of the Mackenzie River Indians, North-West America''. Early life William Carpenter Bompas was born on January 20, 1834, at Regent's Park, London to father Charles and mother Mary Steele. It is thought that Charles Carpenter Bompas served as the inspiration for Charles Dickens' Buzfuz in ''The Pickwick Papers''. It is thought that Bompas' heritage lay in France, although members of the extended family resided in the United States and the United Kingdom. From 1844, a string of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Wood
Roland Arthur Wood (1 January 1933 – 17 September 2002) was an Anglican bishop. He was educated at Bishop's University, Lennoxville, and ordained in 1958.''Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 He began his career as Assistant Curate at St Matthew's, Winnipeg after which he was Rector Christ Church, Selkirk. From 1964 to 1967 he was an Assistant Priest at St John's Cathedral, Saskatoon and then Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Yorkton until 1971. Next he was Rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Saskatoon) for a decade and then Bishop of Saskatoon from 1981 until 1993. Finally he was Rector of St James' Cathedral and Dean of Athabasca The Anglican Diocese of Athabasca is a diocese of the Northern Lights of the Anglican Church of Canada, in the northern half of the civil province of Alberta. It was created in 1874 by the division into four parts of the original Diocese of Rupe ... until 1998. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Of Calgary
The Dean of Calgary is an Anglican dean in the Anglican Diocese of Calgary of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights, based at Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, Calgary Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C .... Incumbents have been : References {{DEFAULTSORT:Deans Of Calgary, List of Anglican Church of Canada deans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraser Lawton
Fraser Lawton is currently RectorThe Church of St. Dunstan(Episcopal), and Assisting Bishop, Diocese of Dallas. Formerly, he was the 11th the Anglican Bishop of Athabasca Retrieved December 21, 2010. from 2009-2019, and before that, rector of St Thomas' Anglican Church in , Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ... .
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John Clarke (bishop)
John Robert Clarke (born 27 July 1938) is a retired bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada. Clarke was educated at the University of Western Ontario and ordained in 1963. His first positions were as a curate at St Michael and All Angels', Toronto, and then priest in charge of the Church of the Apostles in Moosonee until 1984. He was then appointed Archdeacon of the Diocese of Athabasca in 1984 and its diocesan bishop in 1992. He was also Metropolitan of Rupert's Land Rupert's Land (), or Prince Rupert's Land (), was a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The right to "sole trade and commerce" over Rupert's Land was granted to Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), based a ... from 2003 until 2009. References 1938 births University of Western Ontario alumni Anglican bishops of Athabasca 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops 21st-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Metropolitans of Rupert's Land 21st-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Woolsey
Gary Frederick Woolsey was an Anglican bishop in Canada whose ministry focused on serving the spiritual needs of First Nation people in central Canada. Woolsey was born on 16 March 1942 to Bill and Dorene Woolsey in Brantford, Ontario. In 1967 he began his ministry as a priest-pilot in the Diocese of Keewatin. Later he held incumbencies at Big Trout Lake, Norway House and Churchill. From 1980 to 1983 he was Archdeacon of Keewatin when he was ordained to the episcopate as the 9th Bishop of Athabasca, a post he held until 1991. In retirement Woolsey was an honorary assistant bishop in Calgary Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C .... Woolsey died October 18, 2013, in Calgary. Personal life Woolsey married Marie Tooker in 1977. They had four children. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Crabb
Frederick Hugh Wright Crabb (24 April 1915 - 24 February 2007) was an Anglican bishop and missionary in the 20th century. He was born in Luppitt, Devon on 24 April 1915, as the third of six children in a farming family. He studied Theology at the University of London and was ordained in 1939. His first posts were curacies in Teignmouth and Plymouth. In 1942, the Church Missionary Society send him to Sudan as a missionary until 1951. He worked with the Dinka people, and in Yei and Mundri, where he founded the Bishop Gwynne Theological College. He married Margery Coombs in 1946 and they had three children, John, Alison and Elizabeth. The family returned to England in 1951 for health reasons. He was Vice Principal of the London College of Divinity from 1951 until 1957 and then Principal of the College of Emmanuel and St Chad, Saskatoon for a further 10 years. He then held two incumbencies in Calgary before being appointed Bishop of Athabasca in 1975. He was also Metropolitan o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Pierce
Reginald James Pierce (1909 – 11 January 1992) was a Canadian Anglican bishop. Biography He was born in 1909, educated at the University of Saskatchewan and ordained Deacon in 1932. In 1934, he was ordained Priest and became Priest in charge of Colinton, Alberta. After this he was Rural Dean of Grande Prairie and then Rector of South Saanich. Further incumbencies followed in Calgary and Winnipeg before his ordination in 1950 to the episcopate A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role ... as the 7th Bishop of Athabasca. He retired in 1974 and died on 11 January 1992. References ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Sovereign
Arthur Henry Sovereign FRGS (188116 May 1966) was an Anglican priest in the mid-20th century. He was born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1881 and educated at the University of Toronto. Ordained in 1906, his first post was as a Curate at Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver after which he was Rector of St Mark's, Vancouver. He was Professor of Divinity at the Anglican Theological College, Vancouver from 1930 until his appointment to the episcopate as Bishop of Yukon in 1932, but only held the post for ten months. From then''Ecclesiastical News'' The Times ''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its si ... Wednesday, Jul 05, 1933; pg. 19; Issue 46488; col D until 1950 he was Bishop of Athabasca. References 1881 births People from Woodstock, Ontario University of Toro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Renison
Robert John Renison (8 September 1875 – 6 October 1957) was an Irish-born Anglican bishop who worked in Canada. Renison was born in Cashel, County Tipperary into an ecclesiastical family on 8 September 1875 and educated at Trinity College School and the University of Toronto. Ordained in 1896, his first position was as a curate at the Church of the Messiah, Toronto, after which he was a missionary at Fort Albany. He was the Archdeacon of Moosonee and, after World War I service, the Archdeacon of Hamilton. He was then rector of Christ Church, Vancouver until 1929 when he became Dean of New Westminster. In 1931 he was elected Bishop of Athabasca but only held the post for a year. From then until 1943 he was rector of St Paul's Toronto when he became the Bishop of Moosonee. In 1952 he became the Metropolitan of Ontario, a position he held until retirement in 1954. He died on 6 October 1957. Renison University College in Waterloo, Ontario Waterloo is a city in the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Robins
Edwin Frederick Robins (11 February 187022 March 1951) was an Anglican bishop in Canada from 1912 to 1930. Biography He was born in London on 11 February 1870 and ordained deacon in 1894 after which he was a CMS missionary in Dera Ghazi Khan. In 1897 he was ordained Priest and became Curate of St James, Paddington. After a similar post at St Thomas à Becket Widcombe he was Vicar of Thorpe-le-Soken for eight years. In 1909 he was appointed Archdeacon of Athabasca and after three years its diocesan bishop ( Bishop of Athabasca), holding the post until 1930. On his return to England in 1931, he was Vicar of Wicklewood until 1947 and Assistant Bishop of Norwich until his death on 22 March 1951.The Times, Saturday, 24 March 1951; p. 8; Issue 51957; col E ''Obituary Bishop E. F. Robins'' He had become a Doctor of Divinity A Doctor of Divinity (DD or DDiv; ) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity (academic discipline), divinity (i.e., Christian theology a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
