Anglican Diocese of Saskatoon

Diocese of Saskatoon
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Northern Lights
Archdeaconries	3
Statistics
Parishes	19 (2022) [1]
Members	1,500 (2022) [1]
Information
Rite	Anglican
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Saskatoon
Current leadership
Bishop	Chad McCharles
Map
Boundaries of the diocese within the Province of the Northern Lights
Website
Anglican Diocese of Saskatoon

The Diocese of Saskatoon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights of the Anglican Church of Canada. Its territory is a band across the middle of the province of Saskatchewan. ^[2] It was separated from the Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan in 1933. The motto of the diocese is Sursum Corda - Lift up your hearts, a phrase from the service of Holy Communion. The cathedral church is St. John the Evangelist, built in 1912. Many rural parishes are multi-point charges.

Bishops of Saskatoon

For bishops prior to 1933, see Diocese of Saskatchewan § Bishops of Saskatchewan.

Previous bishops were bishops of Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan. After the division of the diocese. Bishop Hallam continued after 1933 as bishop of Saskatoon. ^[3]

No.	Name	Dates	Notes
5	William Hallam	1933–1949	Bishop of Saskatchewan, 1931–1933
6	Wilfred Fuller	1949–1950	Dean of Saskatoon, 1943–1949
7	Stanley Steer	1950–1970
8	Douglas Ford	1970–1981	Dean of Saskatoon, 1966–1970
9	Roland Wood	1981–1993	Dean of Saskatoon, 1971–1981; Dean of Athabasca, 1993–1998
10	Tom Morgan	1993–2003	Translated from Saskatchewan; Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, 2000–2003
11	Rod Andrews	2004–2010
12	David Irving	2010–2018
13	Chris Harper	2018–2023	National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop, 2023–present
14	Chad McCharles	Since 2025

Deans of Saskatoon

The Dean of Saskatoon is also Rector of St John's Cathedral.

Source:

• 1943–1949: William Eastland Fuller (Bishop of Saskatoon, 1949)
• 1950–1955: Norman Douglas Larmouth
• 1956–1962: Shirley Arthur Ralph Wood
• 1962–1965: Elwood Harold Patterson
• 1966–1970: Douglas Albert Ford (Bishop of Saskatoon, 1970)
• 1971–1981: Roland Wood (Bishop of Saskatoon, 1981)
• 1982–1991: Robert J. Blackwell
• 1993–2000: John Allan Kirk
• 2001–2006: Susan Marie Charbonneau
• 2006–2011: Terry R. Wiebe
• 2012–2022: G. Scott Pittendrigh

References

1. 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. Map showing diocese location Archived July 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Our History". Diocese of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 8 April 2025.

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