Anglican Diocese of Calgary explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Calgary
Latin:Diœcesis Calgariensis
Local:Diocèse de Calgary
Rite:Anglican
Country:Canada
Province:Northern Lights
Parishes:67 (2022)[1]
Members:7,523 (2022)
Bishop:Gregory Kerr-Wilson
Cathedral:Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, Calgary
Website:calgary.anglican.ca

The Anglican Diocese of Calgary is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights of the Anglican Church of Canada, located in the southern part of the civil province of Alberta. It was established in 1888. The diocesan boundaries are: on the south, the border between Alberta and the United States; on the east, the Alberta-Saskatchewan border; on the west, the Alberta-British Columbia border and on the north, an uneven east–west line drawn across the province just north of Lacombe forms the northern boundary of the Diocese of Calgary and the southern boundary of the Diocese of Edmonton. This area of about 82000sqmi includes regions of mountain, foothills, parkland and prairie. The see city is Calgary. Other cities in the diocese are Red Deer, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge.

There are about 7,500 Anglicans on the rolls of the 67 parishes in the diocese, according to the most recent figures published by the church, with an average Sunday attendance of nearly 2,500.

NameDatesNotes
1Cyprian Pinkham1888–1927
21927–1943
3Harry Ragg1943–1952
4George Calvert1952–~1967
5Morse Goodman1968–1983
6Barry Curtis1983–1999Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, 1994–1999
7Barry Hollowell1999–2005
8Derek Hoskin2006–2011
9Greg Kerr-Wilson2012–presentMetropolitan of Rupert's Land, 2015–2024; Metropolitan of the Northern Lights, 2024–present

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elliot . Neil . Dioceses of the ACC – by numbers . Numbers Matters . (Neil Elliot is the statistics officer for the Anglican Church of Canada.) . 17 March 2024 . 15 March 2024.