Ecclesiastical Province of Canada explained

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.[1] The province comprises seven dioceses:

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.[2] After 1878 the role of metropolitan of the province of Canada became one elected from among the diocesan bishops of the province.[3]

Metropolitans of Canada

Order Name Diocese Dates Notes
1st 1861–1868
2nd Bishop of Montreal 1869–1878
3rd 1879–1892
4th 1893–1900
5th 1901–1906 Primate of All Canada, 1904–1906
6th 1907–1909
7th 1909–1912
8th 1915–1934 Primate of All Canada, 1931–1934
9th 1934–1938
10th Archbishop of Nova Scotia 1939–1943
11th 1944–1960
12th Archbishop of Montreal 1960–1962
13th Archbishop of Fredericton 1963–1972
14th Archbishop of Nova Scotia 1972–1975
15th Archbishop of Newfoundland (later Archbishop of
Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador
)
1975–1980
16th Archbishop of Fredericton 1980–1989
17th Archbishop of Montreal 1989–1990
18th 1990–1997
19th Archbishop of Nova Scotia 1997–2002
20th Archbishop of Montreal 2002–2004 Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, 2004–2007
21st Archbishop of Quebec 2004–2009
22nd Archbishop of Fredericton 2009–2014
23rd Archbishop of Western Newfoundland 2014–2017
24th 2017–2020
25th Archbishop of Fredericton 2020–present

See also

References

  1. Web site: Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario fonds. 27 June 2024. Algoma University.
  2. Web site: Acts of the Legislatures affecting the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada – Ecclesiastical Province of Canada .
  3. Minutes of the Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, held in the archives of the Diocese of Montreal.

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