Diocese of Fredericton explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
Fredericton
Rite:	Anglican
Province:	Canada
Parishes:	72 (2022)^[1]
Members:	9,823 (2022)
Bishop:	David Edwards
Cathedral:	Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Website:	anglican.nb.ca

The Diocese of Fredericton is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada. Established in 1845, its first bishop was John Medley, who served until his death on September 9, 1892. Its cathedral and diocesan offices are in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Bishops

• 1845–1892: John Medley; Metropolitan of Canada, 1879–1892
• 1892–1907: Tully Kingdon
• 1907–1938: John Richardson; Metropolitan of Canada, 1934–1938
• 1939–1956: William Moorhead
• 1957–1971: Henry O'Neil
• 1971–1989: Harold Nutter; Metropolitan of Canada, 1980–1989
• 1989–2000: George Lemmon
• 2000–2003: Bill Hockin
• 2003–2014: Claude Miller; Metropolitan of Canada, 2009–2014
• 2014–present: David Edwards; Metropolitan of Canada, 2020–Present

Archdeacons

The following have served as archdeacons of the diocese:^[2]

Archdeacons of St. Andrews

• 2001–2003: Geoffrey Hall
• 2014–present: John Matheson

Archdeacons of Chatham

• 2018–2020: Sandy MacPherson
• 2020–present: Perry Cooper

Archdeacons of Fredericton

George Best held this post 1825–1829^[3] in the Diocese of Nova Scotia, before the erection of Fredericton diocese; Best and Coster were archdeacons for all New Brunswick, and as such were also called Archdeacon of New Brunswick.

• 1829?: George Coster^[4]
• in 1866, there was one archdeaconry and it was vacant^[5]
• 1907–1932: Obadiah Newnham
• –2016: Patricia Drummond (formerly at New Bandon and subsequently at Woodstock)^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}
• 2017–2020: Wandlyn Snelgrove (formerly served as priest in Sussex)^{[10] [11] [12]}
• 2020–2023: Kevin Stockall
• 2023–Present: Paul Ranson

Archdeacons of Kingston and the Kennebecasis

• 2002-2006: Richard McConnell
• 2006-2015: David Barrett
• 2015–present: Robert Marsh

Archdeacons of Moncton

• 2006-2014 Richard McConnell
• 2014–present: Brent Ham

Archdeacons of Saint John

• 2016–2017: Stuart Allan
• 2018–2022: Keith Osborne
• 2022–present: Leo Martin

Archdeacons of Woodstock

• 2014–2017: Patricia Drummond (acting)
• 2018–2020: Roderick Black

Diocesan Archdeacons

• ?-2000: Harold Hazen
• 1998-2003: Claude Miller
• 2003-2014: Geoffrey Hall
• 2014-present: Cathy Laskey

See also

• Dean of Fredericton

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.
2. Web site: Announcements from the Bishop's Office . Anglican Diocese of Fredericton . 27 August 2018 . en.
3. [Robert Forsyth Scott|Scott, Robert Forsyth]
4. [Ernest Hawkins (priest)|Hawkins, Ernest]
5. The Clergy List for 1866 (London: George Cox, 1866) p. 450
6. https://www.messychurch.org.uk/tags/regional-coordinators?page=4 Messy Church
7. https://www.unb.ca/alumni/_assets/documents/alumni_news/winter2010.pdf UNB alumni news
8. http://www.parishofbright.org/9%20Sept%204%20SP%20BCP%202.pdf Parish of Bright
9. https://cccath.ca/2017/02/10/installation-of-canons-and-archdeacon-05-february/ CCC, Fredericton
10. https://cccath.ca/2017/02/10/installation-of-canons-and-archdeacon-05-february/ CCC, Fredericton
11. https://trinityanglicanchurchsussex.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/May-6-2018-bulletin.pdf Trinity, Sussex,NB
12. https://parishchurchblog.wordpress.com/contact-us/ Parish web-site