Ecclesiastical Province of Canada

The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, founded in 1860, forms one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. Despite modern use of the name Canada, the ecclesiastical province covers only the former territory of Lower Canada (i.e., southern and eastern Quebec), the Maritimes, and Newfoundland and Labrador (The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario split off as a separate entity in 1913.) The province comprises seven dioceses:

A metropolitan, elected from among the province's diocesan bishops, heads each province of the Anglican Church of Canada. On election, this bishop then becomes archbishop of his or her diocese and metropolitan of the province. David Edwards, the Bishop of Fredericton, became the metropolitan of the Province of Canada in 2020.

From 1861 until 1870 the Bishop of Montreal served as metropolitan over the four dioceses of the then Province of Canada (i.e., Upper and Lower Canada - modern Ontario and Quebec). The province expanded in 1870 and 1871 to include New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.[1] After 1878 the role of metropolitan of the province of Canada became one elected from among the diocesan bishops of the province.[2]

Metropolitans of Canada
OrderNameDioceseDatesNotes
1stFrancis FulfordBishop of Montreal1861–1868
2ndAshton OxendenBishop of Montreal1869–1878
3rdJohn MedleyBishop of Fredericton1879–1892
4thJohn LewisArchbishop of Ontario1893–1900
5thWilliam BondArchbishop of Montreal1901–1906Primate of All Canada, 1904–1906
6thArthur SweatmanArchbishop of Toronto1907–1909
7thCharles HamiltonArchbishop of Ottawa1909–1912
8thClarendon WorrellArchbishop of Nova Scotia1915–1934Primate of All Canada, 1931–1934
9thJohn RichardsonArchbishop of Fredericton1934–1938
10thJohn HackenleyArchbishop of Nova Scotia1939–1943
11thPhilip CarringtonArchbishop of Quebec1944–1960
12thJohn DixonArchbishop of Montreal1960–1962
13thHenry O'NeilArchbishop of Fredericton1963–1972
14thWilliam DavisArchbishop of Nova Scotia1972–1975
15thRobert SeabornArchbishop of Newfoundland (later Archbishop of
Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador)		1975–1980
16thHarold NutterArchbishop of Fredericton1980–1989
17thReginald HollisArchbishop of Montreal1989–1990
18thStewart PayneArchbishop of Western Newfoundland1990–1997
19thArthur PetersArchbishop of Nova Scotia1997–2002
20thAndrew HutchisonArchbishop of Montreal2002–2004Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, 2004–2007
21stBruce StavertArchbishop of Quebec2004–2009
22ndClaude MillerArchbishop of Fredericton2009–2014
23rdPercy CoffinArchbishop of Western Newfoundland2014–2017
24thRonald CutlerArchbishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island2017–2020
25thDavid EdwardsArchbishop of Fredericton2020–present

See also

References
  1. "Acts of the Legislatures affecting the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada – Ecclesiastical Province of Canada".
  2. Minutes of the Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, held in the archives of the Diocese of Montreal.
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