St. Matthew's Cathedral (Timmins)

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St. Matthew's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Moosonee. [1] It is located in Timmins, Ontario, [2] and celebrated its centenary in 2013. [3]

Cathedral Christian church, which is seat of a bishop

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The Anglican Diocese of Moosonee is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada. It was created in 1872 from part of the Diocese of Rupert's Land, in what is now the Province of Rupert's Land, and transferred in 1912 to the new Province of Ontario. Now headquartered in Timmins, Ontario, it was originally headquartered in Moose Factory. Its first bishop was the Right Rev. John Horden.

Timmins City in Ontario, Canada

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Coordinates: 48°17′00″N81°12′04″W / 48.2834°N 81.2010°W / 48.2834; -81.2010

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