Diocese of Caledonia

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Diocese of Caledonia
Location
Ecclesiastical province British Columbia and Yukon
Statistics
Parishes20 (2022) [1]
Members1,048 (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.

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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.

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Bishop William Ridley

Bishops of Caledonia

No.NameDatesNotes
1 William Ridley 1879?–1904
2 Frederick Du Vernet 1904–19241st 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 1969–1980afterwards Bishop of New Westminster, 1980–1993
8 John Hannen 1981–2001Acting Metropolitan of British Columbia, 1993–1994
9 William Anderson 2001–2016Retired Bishop of Caledonia on Dec. 31, 2016
10 David Lehmann 2017–presentElected 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.

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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. 1 2 Large, R. Geddes. The Skeena, River of Destiny. p. 100.
  3. "The Diocese of Saskatchewan - Home - Dean Rob Sweet to move to Parry Sound". Archived from the original on 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  4. "New minister joins Prince Rupert's Anglican parish". 18 June 2018.