Anglican Diocese of Quebec

Diocese of Quebec

Diœcesis Quebecensis

Diocèse de Québec
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Quebec
Coat of arms
Location
CountryCanada
Ecclesiastical provinceCanada
Statistics
Area720,000 km2 (280,000 sq mi)
Parishes65 (2022)[1]
Members1,586 (2022)[1]
Information
DenominationAnglican Church of Canada
Established1793
CathedralHoly Trinity Anglican Cathedral
Current leadership
BishopBruce Myers
Website
quebec.anglican.org

The Anglican Diocese of Quebec was founded by Letters Patent in 1793 and is a part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada, in turn a province of the Anglican Communion. In 1842, her jurisdiction was described as "Canada East"[2] or "Lower Canada" (technically an historical term in 1842).[3] The diocese comprises 720,000 square kilometres and took its present shape in 1850 with the carving off of what is now the Diocese of Montreal. It includes a territory of west to east from Magog to the Gaspe and the Magdalen Islands, south to north from the United States border to Kawawachikamach and several communities along the Lower North Shore.

The diocesan office is located in Quebec City, as is Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral, completed in 1804. The diocese counts approximately 1,600 Anglican faithful who gather in 65 parishes as of 2022.[1]

With both the dioceses of Quebec and Montreal having fewer than 10,000 members and decreasing numbers, discussions are underway to explore ways the two dioceses can work more closely together.[4]

Bishops of Quebec

No. Image Name Dates Notes
1 Jacob Mountain 1793–1825 father of George
2 Charles J. Stewart 1826–1837
3 George Mountain 1850–1863 Bishop suffragan of Montreal and bishop coadjutor, 1836–1850
administered the diocese until 1850[5]
4 James W. Williams 1863–1892 father of Lennox
5 Andrew Hunter Dunn 1892–1914
6 Lennox W. Williams 1915–1935 son of James
7 Philip Carrington 1935–1960 Metropolitan of Canada, 1944–1960
8 Russel F. Brown 1960–1971
9 Timothy J. Matthews 1971–1977
10 Allen Goodings 1977–1990
11 A. Bruce Stavert 1990–2009 Metropolitan of Canada, 2004–2009
12 Dennis P. Drainville 2009–2017
13 Bruce Myers OGS 2017–present

Deans of Quebec

The Dean of Quebec is also Rector of Holy Trinity Cathedral.

List of deans, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in 2015

History

  • M. E. Reisner, Strangers and Pilgrims: A History of the Anglican Diocese of Quebec, 1793-1993 (1995, Anglican Book Centre) ISBN 1-55126-142-1 [1]
  • Ernest Hawkins, Annals of the Diocese of Quebec [2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Elliot, Neil (15 March 2024). "Dioceses of the ACC – by numbers". Numbers Matters. (Neil Elliot is the statistics officer for the Anglican Church of Canada.). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ The Colonial Church Atlas, Arranged in Dioceses: with Geographical and Statistical Tables (second ed.). London: SPG. May 1842. p. 15. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. ^ The Colonial Church Atlas, Arranged in Dioceses: with Geographical and Statistical Tables (second ed.). London: SPG. May 1842. p. 16. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Montreal Anglican", June 2010
  5. ^ The Clergy List, 1851. p. 302 footnote
  6. ^ "Register 1847-1923". Radley School. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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