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Diocese of Algoma

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Parishes
  
50

Rite
  
Phone
  
+1 705-256-5061

Cathedral
  
St. Luke's Cathedral

Archdeaconries
  
5

Churches
  
115

Province
  
Church
  
115

Bishop
  
Anne Germond (Bishop-Elect)

Address
  
619 Wellington St E, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5N7, Canada

Similar
  
St Luke's Cathedral, Holy Name Of Mary Catholic, Precious Blood Church, St James Episcopal Church, Our Lady of Good Counsel

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The Diocese of Algoma is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada. It comprises nearly 182,000 square kilometres of the Ontario districts of Algoma (from which it takes its name), Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Manitoulin, and parts of the districts of Nipissing and Timiskaming. The diocese forms a wide band stretching from just west of Thunder Bay on the northern shore of Lake Superior east to the border of Ontario and Quebec. Neighbouring Anglican dioceses are Rupert's Land to the west, Moosonee to the north, Ottawa to the east, and Ontario, Toronto, Huron to the south.

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Algoma's See city is Sault Ste. Marie, and its Anglican population of 18,000 on the parish rolls is served by 50 parishes. Stephen Andrews is the Bishop of Algoma, but he will be moving to Toronto to serve as Principal of Wycliffe College in September, 2016. The Dean of Algoma and Rector of St. Luke's Cathedral is James McShane. Apart from Sault Ste. Marie, other major centres in the diocese include North Bay, Sudbury, and Thunder Bay. Nineteen of the diocese's fifty parishes are located in these communities. Most of the rest of the parishes are located in small towns and First Nations communities.

The Diocese of Algoma, founded in 1873, was one of four carved off from the original Diocese of Toronto. Consisting of a large First Nations population, the primary focus of the new diocese was intended to be missionary activity combined with ministry to the growing European settlements in the Muskoka and Parry Sound areas around Lake Huron. By the turn of the twentieth century, the demographics of the territory had shifted considerably, as mining and forestry attracted more European settlement. By 1906, Algoma ceased to be a missionary diocese of the ecclesiastical province and held its first synod.

The diocese maintains active chaplaincies at Thorneloe University located in Sudbury and the Mission to Seafarers, located in Thunder Bay.

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Deans of Algoma

The Dean of Algoma is also Rector of St Luke's Cathedral, Sault Ste. Marie

  • 1935–1940: Percy Alfred Paris
  • 1941–1944: William Lockridge Wright (Bishop of Algoma, 1944)
  • 1944–1951: James Hannington Craig
  • 1951–1957: Walter Bruce Jennings
  • 1957–1974: Frank Foley Nock (Bishop of Algoma, 1974)
  • 1975–1992: I. Lawrence Robertson
  • 1993–2001: Allan R. Reed (7th dean; Dean of Kootenay, 2001)
  • 2001–2007: Garry Dobinson
  • 2007–2010: Nelson Small
  • 2011–present: James McShane
  • References

    Diocese of Algoma Wikipedia


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