St. Bede's Anglican Church

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St. Bede's Anglican Church
St. Bede's Anglican Church
50°54′55″N98°52′02″W / 50.91535°N 98.86729°W / 50.91535; -98.86729
LocationKinosota, Alonsa, Manitoba
Denomination Anglican Church in North America
History
Dedication Bede
Architecture
Completed1922
Administration
Diocese Canada
Clergy
Rector The Rev. Jona Weitzel

St. Bede's Anglican Church is a historic wooden church in Kinosota, Alonsa, Manitoba.

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History

Located near the Manitoba House site at a location known as Kinosota or Staggville, the church dates its origins to 1842 as a missionary outpost for local First Nations people on the western shore of Lake Manitoba. [1] [2] The congregation at Kinosota was originally part of the Fairford mission area, and early mission work in Kinosota was led by William Stagg and James Settee. [1] The first burial in the church's cemetery dates to 1889. [3] The church was the site of an 1894 visit from Primate of Canada Robert Machray. [4] The present church on the site was built and dedicated in 1922. [5]

In 2008, as part of the broader Anglican realignment, the largely Métis [2] congregation voted 29 to 1 to break away from the Anglican Church of Canada's Diocese of Brandon and affiliate with the Anglican Network in Canada. The departure was contentious, with Bishop of Brandon Jim Njegovan initially refusing to recognize the vote. [6] At the time, St. Bede's was part of a multi-point parish and the congregational meeting in Kinosota had been called by the non-stipendiary assistant priest, not the rector of the overall parish. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Boon, T.C.B. (1962). The Anglican Church from the Bay to the Rockies : a history of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land and its dioceses from 1820 to 1950. Toronto: Ryerson Press. p. 423. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "St Bede's (Kinosota, MB)" (PDF). Anglican Network in Canada. 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Goldsborough, Gordon (2020). "St. Bede's Anglican Church and Cemetery (Kinosota, RM of Alonsa)". Historic Sites of Manitoba. Manitoba Historical Society Archives. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Machray, Robert (1909). "18". Life of Robert Machray, Archbishop of Rupert's Land. Toronto: Macmillan. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "New church opens Sunday in Kinosota". Winnipeg Tribune. August 12, 1922. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Small Manitoba congregation breaks away from Anglican church". CBC News. October 22, 2008.
  7. ↑ Sison, Marites (November 1, 2008). "Four more churches vote to leave". Anglican Journal.
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