Diocese of Caledonia

The Diocese of Caledonia is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada.

Diocese of Caledonia
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceBritish Columbia and Yukon (Canada)
Information
RiteAnglican
CathedralSt. Andrew's Cathedral, Prince Rupert
Current leadership
BishopDavid Lehmann
Website
caledonia.anglican.org

Early missionary leaders who served in this diocese include William Ridley and James Benjamin McCullagh.

In 1977 the diocese published The Nishga Liturgy for Nisga'a Anglicans.

Bishops of Caledonia

Bishop of Caledonia Name Dates Notes
1st William Ridley 1879?–1904
2nd Frederick Du Vernet 1904–1924 1st Metropolitan of British Columbia and Archbishop of Caledonia, 1915–1924
3rd George Rix 1928–1945
4th James Gibson 1945–1952
5th Horace Watts 1953–1959
6th Eric Munn 1959–1968
7th Douglas Hambidge 1969–1980 afterwards Bishop of New Westminster, 1980–1993
8th John Hannen 1981–2001 Acting Metropolitan of British Columbia, 1993–1994
9th William Anderson 2001–2016 Retired Bishop of Caledonia on Dec. 31, 2016
10th David Lehmann Elected October 22, 2017 Enthroned January 18, 2018

Deans of Caledonia

The Dean of Caledonia is also usually Rector of St Andrew's Cathedral, Prince Rupert.

  • 1929–1945: James B. Gibson (1st Dean) Bishop of Caledonia, 1945 [1]
  • 1945–: Basil S. Prockter (interesting archival note from Crockford's Clerical directory suggests that Bishop Gibson continued as Dean after his election, and that Basil Prockter was never listed as anything but "Canon", though he was the rector of the parish)[1]
  • 1956–1959: Albert Edward Hendy
  • 1959–1963: George Tweddale Pattison
  • 1964–1970: Ernest Geoffrey Flagg
  • 1979–1985: Robert Gary Paterson
  • 1986–1993: Michael John Wimmer
  • 1994–1997: Glen Raymond Burgomaster
  • 1998–1999: [Vacant]
  • 2000–2002: Hugo T. Jackson
  • 2002–2003: Acting Dean - Peter Davison
  • 2004–2008: Rob Sweet [2]
  • 2009: [Vacant]
  • 2010–2011: James Barlow
  • 2011–2017: Jason Haggstrom
  • 2018–present: Stephen Paul Williams (installed as Rector 17 June 2018) [3]

References

  1. Large, R. Geddes. The Skeena, River of Destiny. p. 100.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2015-04-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. https://www.thenorthernview.com/community/new-minister-joins-prince-ruperts-anglican-parish/

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