Anglican Diocese of Moosonee

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Diocese of Moosonee

Dioecesis Moosoneeensis
Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical province Ontario
Statistics
Parishes21 (2022) [1]
Members14,219 (2022) [1]
Information
Denomination Anglican Church of Canada
Rite Anglican
Cathedral St. Matthew's Cathedral, Timmins
Current leadership
Bishop Anne Germond
(ex officio as Metropolitan of Ontario)
Victoria Matthews, episcopal administrator

The Diocese of Moosonee is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada. It was created in 1872 from part of the Diocese of Rupert's Land, in what is now the Province of Rupert's Land, and transferred in 1912 to the new Province of Ontario. Now headquartered in Timmins, Ontario, it was originally headquartered in Moose Factory. Its first bishop was John Horden.

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Following the retirement of the 8th bishop of Moosonee, Caleb Lawrence, in January 2010, an election synod was held on April 10, 2010, under the chairmanship of the then metropolitan of Ontario, Colin Johnson. [2] The synod elected Tom Corston to be the 9th bishop of Moosonee; he was consecrated as a bishop and installed as Bishop of Moosonee on July 6, 2010. He served in that position until he retired on December 31, 2013, and thereafter acted as assisting bishop. [3]

At that point, the diocese was reorganized as a mission area of the Province of Ontario, with the metropolitan of Ontario serving ex officio (i.e. automatically) as diocesan Bishop of Moosonee. On October 10, 2018, Anne Germond became the metropolitan of Ontario and now serves as Bishop of Moosonee, in addition to her jurisdiction in the Diocese of Algoma. [4] Victoria Matthews represents her as episcopal administrator. [5]


Bishops of Moosonee

No.NameDates
1 John Horden 1872–1893
2 Jervois Newnham 1893–1904 (subsequently Bishop of Saskatchewan, 1903–1921)
3 George Holmes 1905–1909
4 John Anderson 1909–1943 (Metropolitan of Ontario, 1940–1943)
5 Robert Renison 1943–1954 (Metropolitan of Ontario, 1952–1954)
6 Cooper Robinson 1955–1963
7 James Watton 1963–1980 (Metropolitan of Ontario, 1974–1979)
8 Caleb Lawrence 1980–2010 (Metropolitan of Ontario, 2004–2009)
9 Tom Corston 2010–2013
10 Colin Johnson 2014–2018 (ex officio as Metropolitan of Ontario)
11 Anne Germond 2018–present (ex officio as Metropolitan of Ontario)

Deans of Moosonee

The dean of Moosonee is also the rector of St. Matthew's Cathedral in Timmins:

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References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ Diocese of Moosonee website Archived February 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Thomas A. Corston". Archived from the original on 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  4. ↑ "Anne Germond". The Diocese of Algoma. Anglican Church of Canada. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "The Right Reverend Victoria Matthews celebrates 30 years as Anglican bishop". CBC News. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Our Religious Heritage" . Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Biography of Jerry Smith" . Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Anglican Journal". 2007.
  9. ↑ "Appointment of Rector". St Matthew's Cathedral, Timmins. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

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