Anglican Diocese of Quebec

The Anglican Diocese of Quebec was founded by Letters Patent in 1793 and is a part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada, in turn a province of the Anglican Communion. In 1842, her jurisdiction was described as "Canada East"[1] or "Lower Canada" (technically an historical term in 1842).[2] The diocese comprises 720,000 square kilometres and took its present shape in 1850 with the carving off of what is now the Diocese of Montreal. It includes a territory of west to east from Magog to the Gaspe and the Magdalen Islands, south to north from the United States border to Kawawachikamach and several communities along the Lower North Shore.

Diocese of Quebec

Diœcesis Quebecensis

Diocèse de Québec
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Quebec
Coat of arms
Location
CountryCanada
Ecclesiastical provinceCanada
Statistics
Area720,000 km2 (280,000 sq mi)
Parishes73 (2017)
Members3,032 (2017)
Information
DenominationAnglican Church of Canada
Established1793
CathedralHoly Trinity Anglican Cathedral
Current leadership
BishopBruce Myers
Website
quebec.anglican.org

The diocesan office is located in Quebec City, as is Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral, completed in 1804. The diocese counts approximately 3,000 Anglican faithful who gather in 73 congregations as of 2017.

With both the dioceses of Quebec and Montreal having fewer than 10,000 members and decreasing numbers, discussions are underway to explore ways the two dioceses can work more closely together.[3]

Bishops of Quebec
No.ImageNameDatesNotes
1Jacob Mountain1793–1825father of George
2Charles J. Stewart1826–1837
3George Mountain1850–1863Bishop suffragan of Montreal and bishop coadjutor, 1836–1850
administered the diocese until 1850[4]
4James W. Williams1863–1892father of Lennox
5Andrew Hunter Dunn1892–1914
6Lennox W. Williams1915–1935son of James
7Philip Carrington1935–1960Metropolitan of Canada, 1944–1960
8Russel F. Brown1960–1971
9Timothy J. Matthews1971–1977
10Allen Goodings1977–1990
11A. Bruce Stavert1990–2009Metropolitan of Canada, 2004–2009
12Dennis P. Drainville2009–2017
13Bruce Myers OGS2017–present

Deans of Quebec

The Dean of Quebec is also Rector of Holy Trinity Cathedral.

List of deans, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in 2015

History
  • M. E. Reisner, Strangers and Pilgrims: A History of the Anglican Diocese of Quebec, 1793-1993 (1995, Anglican Book Centre) ISBN 1-55126-142-1
  • Ernest Hawkins, Annals of the Diocese of Quebec

References
  1. The Colonial Church Atlas, Arranged in Dioceses: with Geographical and Statistical Tables (second ed.). London: SPG. May 1842. p. 15. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. The Colonial Church Atlas, Arranged in Dioceses: with Geographical and Statistical Tables (second ed.). London: SPG. May 1842. p. 16. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. "Montreal Anglican", June 2010
  4. The Clergy List, 1851. p. 302 footnote
  5. "Register 1847-1923". Radley School. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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