The Diocese of Saskatchewan is a
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
of the
Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights
The Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights, founded in 1875 as the Province of Rupert's Land, forms one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada.
Territorial evolution
The territory covered by the province is r ...
of the
Anglican Church of Canada
The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC or ACoC) is the Ecclesiastical province#Anglican Communion, province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French-language name is ''l'Église anglicane du Canada''. In 2016, the Anglican Church of ...
formed in 1874. Its headquarters are in
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada, after Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. It is situated near the centre of the province on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The city is known as the "Gateway ...
. The
Diocese of Saskatoon was split off from it in 1933.
The diocese encompasses the northern two-thirds of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
and has 35 parishes and 68 congregations. About 8,400 people are identified as Anglican on parish rolls, although attendance is much lower at less than 1,000 in 2022. In addition to the roles of diocesan bishop and indigenous bishop, there were nine paid priests and one paid deacon active in the diocese in 2022 and seven non-stipendiary priests and nine non-stipendiary deacons.
Bishops of Saskatchewan
In 1933, when the Diocese of Saskatoon was created from the Diocese of Saskatchewan, succession to both sees was ordered from
John McLean
John McLean (March 11, 1785 – April 4, 1861) was an American jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice of the Ohio and United States Supreme Courts. He was often discu ...
, the first Bishop of Saskatchewan.
Bishops of Missinipi
Since 1989, the diocese has elected suffragan bishops to serve First Nations Anglicans in northern Saskatchewan, a see called the Bishopric of
Missinipi.
Deans of Saskatchewan
The Dean of Saskatchewan is also Rector of St Alban's Cathedral.
*?–1963: R. Leslie Taylor
*1963–1970:
Vicars Short Hedley Vicars Roycraft Short was an Anglican bishop in the last third of the 20th century. He was educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1944. He held curacies at St Michael's Toronto and then Coventry Cathedral. Returning to Canada ...
(Bishop of Saskatchewan, 1970)
[
*1971–?: John H. McMulkin
*1984–1990: ]Bruce Stavert
Alexander Bruce Stavert (1 April 1940 – 11 September 2023) was a Canadian Anglican prelate. He served as bishop of Quebec (1990–2009) and as metropolitan of Canada (2004–2009).
Born on 1 April 1940 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Stavert wa ...
(afterwards Bishop of Quebec, 1991) Stephen Andrews
Stephen Gregory Weed Andrews (born 1956) is an American-born Canadian Anglican bishop and academic administrator. He was Anglican Bishop of Algoma from 2009 to 2016. Since 2016, he has been principal of Wycliffe College, Toronto.
Early life a ...
(later Bishop of Algoma, 2008)
*2001–2009: Michael Hawkins (Bishop of Saskatchewan, 2009)
*2010–present: Kenneth Davis
References
External links
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Religious organizations established in 1874
Saskatchewan, Anglican Diocese of
Anglican dioceses established in the 19th century
Christianity in Saskatchewan
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Anglican Province of Rupert's Land
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1874 establishments in the Northwest Territories