The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, founded in 1860, forms one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC). Despite modern use of the name Canada, the ecclesiastical province covers only the former territory of Lower Canada (i.e., southern and eastern Quebec), the Maritimes, and Newfoundland and Labrador. It once also included Upper Canada (Ontario), which was split off as the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario in 1911.
Dioceses The province comprises seven dioceses:
+ Diocese name Bishop Cathedral See city Province Region Members Parishes Land Area Montreal Victor-David Mbuyi Bipungu Christ Church Cathedral Montreal Quebec Estrie: (Brome-Missisquoi RCM, La Haute-Yamaska RCM), Lanaudière Laurentides, Laval, Montérégie, Montreal (region) 7,025 68 21,400 sq km (8,300 sq mi) Quebec Bruce Myers Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Quebec City Quebec Bas-Saint-Laurent, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Capitale-Nationale, Mauricie, Estrie: (Coaticook RCM, Le Granit RCM, Le Haut-Saint-François RCM, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Les Sources RCM, Memphrémagog RCM, Sherbrooke), 1,586 65 720,000 sq km (280,000 sq mi) Fredericton David Edwards Christ Church Cathedral Fredericton New Brunswick New Brunswick 9,823 72 71,450 sq km (27,590 sq mi) Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Sandra Fyfe All Saints Cathedral,St. Peter's Cathedral Halifax and Charlottetown Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 21,892 94 58,602 sq km (22,631 sq mi) Western Newfoundland Vacant Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Corner Brook Newfoundland and Labrador Western Newfoundland 16,360 30 Central Newfoundland John Watton St. Martin's Cathedral Gander Newfoundland and Labrador Central Newfoundland 9,375 27 Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador Samuel Rose Cathedral of St. John the Baptist St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador Eastern Newfoundland 21,053 39
Metropolitans of Canada A metropolitan, elected from among the province's diocesan bishops, heads each province of the Anglican Church of Canada. On election, this bishop then becomes archbishop of his or her diocese and metropolitan of the province. David Edwards, the Bishop of Fredericton, became the metropolitan of the Province of Canada in 2020.
From 1861 until 1870 the Bishop of Montreal served as metropolitan over the four dioceses of the then Province of Canada (i.e., Upper and Lower Canada – modern Ontario and Quebec). The province expanded in 1870 and 1871 to include New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. After 1878 the role of metropolitan of the province of Canada became one elected from among the diocesan bishops of the province.Minutes of the Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, held in the archives of the Diocese of Montreal. Order Name Diocese Dates Notes 1st Francis Fulford Bishop of Montreal 1861–1868 2nd Ashton Oxenden Bishop of Montreal 1869–1878 3rd John Medley Bishop of Fredericton 1879–1892 4th John Lewis Archbishop of Ontario 1893–1900 5th William Bond Archbishop of Montreal 1901–1906 Primate of All Canada, 1904–1906 6th Arthur Sweatman Archbishop of Toronto 1907–1909 7th Charles Hamilton Archbishop of Ottawa 1909–1912 8th Clarendon Worrell Archbishop of Nova Scotia 1915–1934 Primate of All Canada, 1931–1934 9th John Richardson Archbishop of Fredericton 1934–1938 10th John Hackenley Archbishop of Nova Scotia 1939–1943 11th Philip Carrington Archbishop of Quebec 1944–1960 12th John Dixon Archbishop of Montreal 1960–1962 13th Henry O'Neil Archbishop of Fredericton 1963–1972 14th William Davis Archbishop of Nova Scotia 1972–1975 15th Robert Seaborn Archbishop of Newfoundland (later Archbishop ofEastern Newfoundland and Labrador) 1975–1980 16th Harold Nutter Archbishop of Fredericton 1980–1989 17th Reginald Hollis Archbishop of Montreal 1989–1990 18th Stewart Payne Archbishop of Western Newfoundland 1990–1997 19th Arthur Peters Archbishop of Nova Scotia 1997–2002 20th Andrew Hutchison Archbishop of Montreal 2002–2004 Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, 2004–2007 21st Bruce Stavert Archbishop of Quebec 2004–2009 22nd Claude Miller Archbishop of Fredericton 2009–2014 23rd Percy Coffin Archbishop of Western Newfoundland 2014–2017 24th Ronald Cutler Archbishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 2017–2020 25th David Edwards Archbishop of Fredericton 2020–present
See also Ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada List of dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada
References
External links The province's website