Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario
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The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario is one of the Anglican Church of Canada
's four ecclesiastical provinces. It was established in 1912 out of six dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada
located in the civil Province
of Ontario
, and the Diocese of Moosonee from the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land
.
The seven dioceses are:
Provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada are headed by a Metropolitan, elected from among the province's diocesan bishops. This bishop then becomes Archbishop of his or her diocese and Metropolitan of the Province. The current Metropolitan of the Province of Ontario is the Most Rev. Colin Johnson
, Archbishop of Toronto, who succeeded Archbishop Caleb Lawrence of Moosonee in 2009.
The Metropolitan presides at the triennial meeting of the Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario. The next Synod will take place in 2012. In addition, the Metropolitan presides at electoral synods and the consecration of bishops in the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario.
Anglican Church of Canada
The Anglican Church of Canada is the Province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French name is l'Église Anglicane du Canada. The ACC is the third largest church in Canada after the Roman Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada, consisting of 800,000 registered members...
's four ecclesiastical provinces. It was established in 1912 out of six dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada
Ecclesiastical Province of Canada
The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada was founded in 1860 and is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. Despite its name, the province covers only the former territory of Lower Canada , the Maritimes, and Newfoundland and Labrador...
located in the civil Province
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...
of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, and the Diocese of Moosonee from the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land
Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land
The Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land was founded in 1875 and is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. The territory covered by the province is roughly coterminous with the western portion of the former Hudson's Bay Company concession of Rupert's Land, as...
.
The seven dioceses are:
- Algoma (OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
), - Huron (Ontario),
- MoosoneeAnglican Diocese of MoosoneeThe Anglican Diocese of Moosonee is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada. Now headquartered in Timmins, Ontario it was originally headquartered in Moose Factory. Its first bishop was the Right Rev. John Horden....
(Ontario and part of northern QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
on the coast of James BayJames BayJames Bay is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean. James Bay borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario; islands within the bay are part of Nunavut...
), - Niagara (Ontario),
- Ontario (Ontario),
- OttawaAnglican Diocese of OttawaThe Diocese of Ottawa is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada, itself a province of the Anglican Communion.-Bishops of Ottawa:...
(Ontario and a south western portion of QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
), and - TorontoDiocese of TorontoDiocese of Toronto may refer to:*Anglican Diocese of Toronto*Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto...
(Ontario).
Provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada are headed by a Metropolitan, elected from among the province's diocesan bishops. This bishop then becomes Archbishop of his or her diocese and Metropolitan of the Province. The current Metropolitan of the Province of Ontario is the Most Rev. Colin Johnson
Colin Johnson
Colin Robert Johnson SCP is the current Anglican Archbishop of Toronto and the Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario. He is an alumnus of Trinity College in the University of Toronto and the 11th bishop of the diocese, the largest in the Anglican Church of Canada.Johnson was...
, Archbishop of Toronto, who succeeded Archbishop Caleb Lawrence of Moosonee in 2009.
The Metropolitan presides at the triennial meeting of the Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario. The next Synod will take place in 2012. In addition, the Metropolitan presides at electoral synods and the consecration of bishops in the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario.
Metropolitan of Ontario
| Name | Diocese | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | The Most Rev. Charles Hamilton Charles Hamilton -People:* Charles Hamilton 1st Anglican bishop of Ottawa* Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn , Scottish peer* Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning , Scottish politician* Charles Hamilton , Member of Parliament for Truro... |
Archbishop of Ottawa | 1912-1914 |
| 2nd | The Most Rev. George Thorneloe | Archbishop of Algoma | 1915-1926 |
| 3rd | The Most Rev. David Williams | Archbishop of Huron | 1926-1931 |
| 4th | The Most Rev. James Fielding Sweeny | Archbishop of Toronto | 1932-1932 |
| 5th | The Most Rev. Charles Roper | Archbishop of Ottawa | 1933-1939 |
| 6th | The Most Rev. John George Anderson | Archbishop of Moosonee | 1940-1943 |
| 7th | The Most Rev. Charles Allen Seager | Archbishop of Huron | 1944-1948 |
| 8th | The Most Rev. John Lyons | Archbishop of Ontario | 1949-1952 |
| 9th | The Most Rev. Robert John Renison Robert John Renison Robert John Renison was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century.He was born in Cashel, County Tipperary into an ecclesiastical family on 8 September 1875 and educated at Trinity College School and the University of Toronto. Ordained in 1896, his first position was as a curate at the Church of... |
Archbishop of Moosonee | 1952-1954 |
| 10th | The Most Rev. William Lockridge Wright | Archbishop of Algoma | 1955-1974 |
| 11th | The Most Rev. James Augustus Watton | Archbishop of Moosonee | 1974-1979 |
| 12th | The Most Rev. Lewis Garnsworthy Lewis Garnsworthy Lewis Samuel Garnsworthy was a Canadian religious leader. He served as the Anglican Bishop of Toronto from 1972 to 1989 and was the Archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of Ontario from 1979 to 1985.-Early life:... |
Archbishop of Toronto | 1979-1985 |
| 13th | The Most Rev. John Charles Bothwell | Archbishop of Niagara | 1985-1991 |
| 14th | The Most Rev. Edwin Keith Lackey | Archbishop of Ottawa | 1991-1993 |
| 15th | The Most Rev. Percy Richard O'Driscoll | Archbishop of Huron | 1993-2000 |
| 16th | The Most Rev. Terence Edward Finlay Terence Finlay Terence Edward Finlay graduated from University of Western Ontario in 1959, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He became a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada, was the tenth Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, and later the Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of... |
Archbishop of Toronto | 2000-2004 |
| 17th | The Most Rev. Caleb James Lawrence | Archbishop of Moosonee | 2004-2009 |
| 18th | The Most Rev. Colin Robert Johnson | Archbishop of Toronto | 2009 |
See also
- Ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada
- List of dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada