Diocese of Caledonia

Diocese of Caledonia
Location
Ecclesiastical province	British Columbia and Yukon
Statistics
Parishes	20 (2022) [1]
Members	1,048 (2022) [1]
Information
Rite	Anglican
Cathedral	St. Andrew's Cathedral, Prince Rupert
Current leadership
Bishop	David Lehmann
Website
caledonia.anglican.org

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

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. ^[2]

Bishop William Ridley

Bishops of Caledonia

No.	Name	Dates	Notes
1	William Ridley	1879?–1904
2	Frederick Du Vernet	1904–1924	1st Metropolitan of British Columbia and Archbishop of Caledonia, 1915–1924
3	George Rix	1928–1945
4	James Gibson	1945–1952
5	Horace Watts	1953–1959
6	Eric Munn	1959–1968
7	Douglas Hambidge	1969–1980	afterwards Bishop of New Westminster, 1980–1993
8	John Hannen	1981–2001	Acting Metropolitan of British Columbia, 1993–1994
9	William Anderson	2001–2016	Retired Bishop of Caledonia on Dec. 31, 2016
10	David Lehmann	2017–present	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 ^[3]
• 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) ^[3]
• 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 ^[4]
• 2009: [Vacant]
• 2010–2011: James Barlow
• 2011–2017: Jason Haggstrom
• 2018–present: Stephen Paul Williams (installed as Rector 17 June 2018) ^[5]

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. "The Nishga Liturgy". The Society of the Archbishop of Justus. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
3. Large, R. Geddes (1996) [1957]. The Skeena, River of Destiny (6th ed.). Surrey, BC: Heritage House. pp. 99–100. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
4. "Dean Rob Sweet to move to Parry Sound". The Diocese of Saskatchewan. 2008-05-09. Archived from the original on 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
5. Bartlett, Keili (2018-06-18). "New minister joins Prince Rupert's Anglican parish". The Northern View. Prince Rupert: Black Press.