Diocese of Saskatchewan

Diocese of Saskatchewan
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Northern Lights
Archdeaconries	Saskatchewan & Prince Albert
Statistics
Parishes	22 (2022) [1]
Members	8,417 (2022) [1]
Information
Rite	Anglican
Cathedral	St Alban's Cathedral, Prince Albert
Current leadership
Bishop	Richard Reed
Suffragan	Adam Halkett (indigenous bishop)
Map
The boundaries of the diocese within the Province of the Northern Lights
Website

The Diocese of Saskatchewan is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights of the Anglican Church of Canada formed in 1874. Its headquarters are in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The Diocese of Saskatoon was split off from it in 1933.

The diocese encompasses the northern two-thirds of Saskatchewan and has 35 parishes and 68 congregations. About 8,400 people are identified as Anglican on parish rolls, although attendance is much lower at less than 1,000 in 2022. In addition to the roles of diocesan bishop and indigenous bishop, there were nine paid priests and one paid deacon active in the diocese in 2022 and seven non-stipendiary priests and nine non-stipendiary deacons. ^[1]

Bishops of Saskatchewan

In 1933, when the Diocese of Saskatoon was created from the Diocese of Saskatchewan, succession to both sees was ordered from John McLean, the first Bishop of Saskatchewan. ^[2]

No.	Name	Dates	Notes
1	John McLean	1874–1886
2	Cyprian Pinkham	1887–1903	Translated to Calgary
3	Jervois Newnham	1904–1921	Translated from Moosonee
4	George Lloyd	1922–1931
5	William Hallam	1931–1933	Continued as first Bishop of Saskatoon, 1933–1949
6	Walter Burd	1933–1939
7	Henry Martin	1939–1959
8	Bill Crump	1960–1971
9	Vicars Short	1970–1985	Dean of Saskatchewan, 1963–1970
10	Tom Morgan	1985–1993	Translated to Saskatoon; Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, 2000–2003
11	Tony Burton	1993–2008	Dean of Saskatchewan, 1991–1993
12	Michael Hawkins	2009–2023	Dean of Saskatchewan, 2001–2009
13	Richard Reed	Since 2024

Bishops of Missinipi

Since 1989, the diocese has elected suffragan bishops to serve First Nations Anglicans in northern Saskatchewan, a see called the Bishopric of Missinipi.

No.	Name	Dates	Notes
1	Charles Arthurson	1989–2008
2	Adam Halkett	Since 2012

Deans of Saskatchewan

The Dean of Saskatchewan is also Rector of St Alban's Cathedral.

• ?–1963: R. Leslie Taylor ^[3]
• 1963–1970: Vicars Short (Bishop of Saskatchewan, 1970) ^[3]
• 1971–?: John H. McMulkin ^[4]
• 1984–1990: Bruce Stavert (afterwards Bishop of Quebec, 1991) ^[5]
• 1991–1993: Anthony Burton (Bishop of Saskatchewan, 1993)
• 1994–2001: Stephen Andrews (later Bishop of Algoma, 2008)
• 2001–2009: Michael Hawkins (Bishop of Saskatchewan, 2009)
• 2010–2015: Kenneth Davis
• 2021-2025: David Butorac

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. "Our History". Diocese of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
3. "An Historical Sketch of the Diocese of Saskatchewan". Project Canterbury. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
4. "An Historical Sketch of the Diocese of Saskatchewan". Project Canterbury. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
5. "Happy Birthday and Anniversary Archbishop Bruce" (PDF). Quebec Diocesan Gazette: Vol 111 Number 8. Diocese of Quebec. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

External links

• Diocese of Saskatchewan official website
• Anglican Church of Canada official website

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