Diocese of Niagara

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Diocese of Niagara
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Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical province Ontario
Archdeaconries 5
HeadquartersCathedral Place, Hamilton
Statistics
Parishes80 (2022) [1]
Members12,967 (2022) [1]
Information
Denomination Anglican Church of Canada
Rite Anglican
Established1875
Cathedral Christ's Church Cathedral, Hamilton
Current leadership
Bishop Susan Bell
Website
niagaraanglican.ca

The Diocese of Niagara is one of thirty [2] regional divisions in the Anglican Church of Canada. The see city of the diocese is Hamilton, with the bishop's cathedra located at Christ's Church Cathedral on James Street North. Located within the ecclesiastical province of Ontario, it borders the Dioceses of Huron and Toronto. The area enclosed by the Diocese of Niagara includes much of the Golden Horseshoe, and moves north to include Erin and Orangeville as far as Shelburne. Moving sharply south, the boundary includes Mount Forest and widens, south-westerly to include Elora and Guelph. Skirting Brantford and the Territory of the Six Nations Confederacy, the line then travels, again, south-westerly to Jarvis and Lake Erie to include the entire Niagara Peninsula. Major urban centres within its borders are St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Guelph, Oakville, Milton, Burlington, and Orangeville.

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The current bishop of Niagara is Susan Bell, who succeeded Michael Bird as diocesan bishop on June 1, 2018. She was elected bishop by the synod of the Diocese of Niagara in March 2018, and consecrated and installed as bishop in May of that year.

There are just over 80 parishes within the diocese served by approximately 120 licensed parish priests, with a number of honorary clergy, vocational deacons and licensed lay readers. The diocese is divided into five regional deaneries: Brock, Lincoln, Hamilton-Haldimand, Greater Wellington and Trafalgar. Each deanery is overseen by a regional archdeacon and regional dean.

Early history

The first Anglican presence in what would become the Diocese of Niagara begin with St Mark's Church in Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake), the former capital of Upper Canada. The parish was founded in 1790 as Loyalist immigrants arrived from the former American colonies, in what would become the province of Ontario. At this time the area was part of the Diocese of Nova Scotia, and subsequently became part of the Diocese of Quebec, then of the Diocese of Toronto.

The diocese was formed by an act of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada; 39 Vic Chapter 107 in 1875. Royal assent was given in 1876. The first bishop was Thomas Brock Fuller, Archdeacon of Niagara and godson of Sir Isaac Brock, the hero of the Battle of Queenston Heights.

Parishes by region

Region of Greater Wellington

Region of Trafalgar

Grace Anglican Church, Milton, Ontario Grace Anglican Church, Milton, Ontario.jpg
Grace Anglican Church, Milton, Ontario
St. John Anglican Church, Campbellville, Ontario St. John Anglican Church, Campbellville, Ontario.jpg
St. John Anglican Church, Campbellville, Ontario

Region of Hamilton-Haldimand

Region of Lincoln

Region of Brock

Educational institutions

The diocese also has connections to campus ministries at three universities in its jurisdiction. The University of Guelph, Brock University and McMaster University all have chaplains whose ministries are affiliated with the Diocese of Niagara and its ecumenical partners.

Diocesan bishops of Niagara

  1. Thomas Fuller, 1875–1884
  2. Charles Hamilton, 1884–1896
  3. Philip Du Moulin, 1896–1911
  4. William Clark, 1911–1925
  5. Derwyn Owen, 1925–1932 Primate of All Canada, 1934–1947
  6. Lewis Broughall, 1932–1949
  7. Walter Bagnall, 1949-1973
  8. John Bothwell, 1973–1991 Archbishop of Niagara and Metropolitan of Ontario, 1985–1991
  9. Walter Asbil, 1991–1997
  10. Ralph Spence, 1998–2008
  11. Michael Bird, 2008–2018
  12. Susan Bell, 2018–present

Litigation

The diocese was involved with litigation against several former parishes affiliated with Anglican Network in Canada. The courts have generally upheld the diocese as owner of the church buildings and ejected the illegally assumed leadership.

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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. ↑ "Dioceses and provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada". The Anglican Church of Canada. Retrieved 2022-06-20.

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