Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Mishamikoweesh | |
Rite: | Anglican |
Province: | Rupert's Land |
Parishes: | 28 (2022)[1] |
Members: | 14,000 (2022) |
Bishop: | Lydia Mamakwa |
The Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada. It was created on 1 June 2014 from the northern portion of the Diocese of Keewatin, and includes more than 25 First Nations communities in north-western Ontario and northern Manitoba.[2]
Lydia Mamakwa, who had previously served as suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Keewatin with responsibility for Northern Ontario, was installed as the first bishop of Mishamikoweesh on 4 June 2014 in Kingfisher Lake, Ontario.[3]