Anglican Diocese of Quebec

The Anglican Diocese of Quebec is a diocese that forms a part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada, in turn a province of the Anglican Communion.

The diocese is located in the eastern portion of the civil province of Quebec. It comprises 720,000 square kilometres and its present territory includes spans from Magog in the west to the Gaspe and the Magdalen Islands in the east, from the United States border in the south to Kawawachikamach and several communities along the Lower North Shore to the north.

The see city is in Quebec City and its cathedral is Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral, completed in 1804. The diocese counts approximately 1,600 Anglican faithful who gather in 65 parishes as of 2022. The current bishop is the Rt Rev Bruce Myers OGS.

History

Following the Conquest of New France, the territory of the Anglican Diocese of Quebec was under the jurisdiction of several other dioceses. It formed part of the Diocese of London from 1760 to 1787, followed by the Diocese of Nova Scotia, from 1787 to 1793. The Anglican Diocese of Quebec was founded by Letters Patent, granted by George III in 1793.

The diocese originally consisted of both Lower Canada (present day Quebec) and Upper Canada (present day Ontario), stretching from the New Brunswick and Labrador borders in the east to Lake Superior in the west.

Successive portions of the territory of the Anglican Diocese of Quebec broke away to form new dioceses, beginning with the Anglican Diocese of Toronto in 1839 and ending with the Anglican Diocese of Montreal in 1850, at which point its present territory was finalized. In 1842, its jurisdiction was described as "Canada East" which covers the present day civil province of Quebec..

With both the Anglican Diocese of Quebec and Montreal having fewer than 10,000 members combined and decreasing numbers, discussions are underway to explore ways the two dioceses can work more closely together."Montreal Anglican", June 2010

Bishops of Quebec Image Name Dates Notes 1 Jacob Mountain 1793–1825 father of George 2 Charles J. Stewart 1826–1837 3 George Mountain 1850–1863 Bishop suffragan of Montreal and bishop coadjutor, 1836–1850administered the diocese until 1850The Clergy List, 1851. p. 302 footnote 4 James W. Williams 1863–1892 father of Lennox 5 Andrew Hunter Dunn 1892–1914 6 Lennox W. Williams 1915–1935 son of James 7 Philip Carrington 1935–1960 Metropolitan of Canada, 1944–1960 8 Russel F. Brown 1960–1971 9 Timothy J. Matthews 1971–1977 10 Allen Goodings 1977–1990 11 A. Bruce Stavert 1990–2009 Metropolitan of Canada, 2004–2009 12 Dennis P. Drainville 2009–2017 13 Bruce Myers OGS 2017–present

Deans of Quebec The Dean of Quebec is also Rector of Holy Trinity Cathedral.

1888–1899: Richard W. Norman 1899–1915: Lennox W. Williams 1915–1925: Richmond Shreve 1925–1927: Louis R. Sherman (afterwards Bishop of Calgary, 1927) 1927–1947: Alfred Henchman Crowfoot 1948–1957: Robert L. Seaborn (afterwards Bishop of Newfoundland, 1965) 1957–1969: Arthur B. Coleman 1970–1977: Allen Goodings 1977–1987: J. Paul James 1989–1998: James D. Merrett 1999–2007: Walter H. Raymond OGS 2008–present: Christian Schreiner

Anglican Diocese of Quebec

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