Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land

The Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land was founded in 1875 and is one of four ecclesiastical province

Ecclesiastical Province

An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...

s in the Anglican Church of Canada

Anglican Church of Canada

The Anglican Church of Canada is the Province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French name is l'Église Anglicane du Canada. The ACC is the third largest church in Canada after the Roman Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada, consisting of 800,000 registered members...

. The territory covered by the province is roughly coterminous with the western portion of the former Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...

concession of Rupert's Land

Rupert's Land

Rupert's Land, or Prince Rupert's Land, was a territory in British North America, consisting of the Hudson Bay drainage basin that was nominally owned by the Hudson's Bay Company for 200 years from 1670 to 1870, although numerous aboriginal groups lived in the same territory and disputed the...

, as well as the North-Western Territory

North-Western Territory

The North-Western Territory was a region of British North America until 1870. Named for where it lay in relation to Rupert's Land, the territory at its greatest extent covered what is now Yukon, mainland Northwest Territories, northwestern mainland Nunavut, northwestern Saskatchewan, northern...

of British North America

British North America

British North America is a historical term. It consisted of the colonies and territories of the British Empire in continental North America after the end of the American Revolutionary War and the recognition of American independence in 1783.At the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775 the British...

. It today consists of the present day provinces of Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, as well as the extreme western portion of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

and the Nunavik area of Quebec

Quebec

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. It also includes all of the territories of Nunavut

Nunavut

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and the Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

.

At almost 6.5 million square kilometres, it is the largest ecclesiastical province by area in the country, and was even larger in the past. The Diocese of Moosonee was joined to the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario

Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario

The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario is one of the Anglican Church of Canada's four ecclesiastical provinces. It was established in 1912 out of six dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada located in the civil Province of Ontario, and the Diocese of Moosonee from the Ecclesiastical...

in 1912; until it formed its own ecclesiastical province in 1914, the five dioceses in British Columbia

British Columbia

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were part of Rupert's Land; and until 1943 (when it joined the Province of British Columbia

Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon

The Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. It was founded in 1914 as the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia, but changed its name in 1943 when the Diocese of Yukon was incorporated from the...

), so was the Diocese of Selkirk (afterward, the Anglican Diocese of Yukon

Anglican Diocese of Yukon

The Anglican Diocese of Yukon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada. It comprises 15 congregations serving 24 communities in the Yukon and parts of northern British Columbia....

).

There are presently ten dioceses in the province:

Athabasca
Anglican Diocese of Athabasca
The Anglican Diocese of Athabasca is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada, in the northern half of the civil province of Alberta. It was created in 1874 by the division of the original Diocese of Rupert's Land. The Synod of the Diocese of...

(Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

)
Arctic (Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

, Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...

, and Nunavik
Nunavik
Nunavik comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, Canada. Covering a land area of 443,684.71 km² north of the 55th parallel, it is the homeland of the Inuit of Quebec...

(northern Quebec))
Brandon
Anglican Diocese of Brandon
The Diocese of Brandon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It has an area of 65,000 square miles. The current Bishop is Jim Njegovan. Its cathedral is in Brandon....

(Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

)
Calgary
Anglican Diocese of Calgary
The Anglican Diocese of Calgary is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada, located in the southern part of the civil province of Alberta. It was established in 1888...

(Alberta)
Edmonton
Anglican Diocese of Edmonton
The Diocese of Edmonton is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. The diocese comprises almost 78,000 square kilometres of the civil Province of Alberta, consisting of a band across the central part of the province, extending to the borders of...

(Alberta)
Keewatin
Anglican Diocese of Keewatin
The Diocese of Keewatin is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada. It straddles the border of the civil provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, comprising over 900,000 square kilometres. The diocese is geographically isolated, consisting of mainly small, and mostly First Nations communities. The...

(Manitoba and northwestern Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, north of the 49th parallel)
Qu'Appelle
Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle
The Diocese of Qu’Appelle in the Anglican Church of Canada lies in the southern third of the civil province of Saskatchewan and contains within its geographical boundaries some 50% of the province's population of one million.-History:...

(Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

) (corresponding to the pre-1905 District of Assiniboia in the Northwest Territories)
Rupert's Land
Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land
The Diocese of Rupert's Land is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is named for the historical British North American territory of Rupert's Land, which was contained within the original diocesan boundaries.The diocese comprises 72,500...

(Manitoba)
Saskatchewan
Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan
The Diocese of Saskatchewan is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land 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....

(Saskatchewan)
Saskatoon
Anglican Diocese of Saskatoon
The Diocese of Saskatoon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. Its territory is a band across the middle of the province of Saskatchewan. It was separated from the Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan in 1933. The motto of the diocese is Sursum...

(Saskatchewan)

Metropolitan

Provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada are headed by a Metropolitan, elected from among the province's diocesan bishops. This bishop then becomes Archbishop of his or her diocese and Metropolitan of the Province.

The current Metropolitan of the Province is the Most Rev. David Ashdown who is Archbishop of Keewatin.

Metropolitans of Rupert's Land

	Honorific & Name	Dates	Diocese
1st	The Most Rev. Robert Machray Robert Machray Robert Machray was a Church of England clergyman and missionary and the first Primate of the Church of England in Canada.-Life:...	1875–1904	Rupert's Land Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land The Diocese of Rupert's Land is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is named for the historical British North American territory of Rupert's Land, which was contained within the original diocesan boundaries.The diocese comprises 72,500...
2nd	The Most Rev. Samuel Pritchard Matheson Samuel Pritchard Matheson Samuel Pritchard Matheson was a Canadian clergyman, Archbishop of Rupert’s Land, and 4th, as well as the longest-serving, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.-Life:...	1905–1931	Rupert's Land Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land The Diocese of Rupert's Land is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is named for the historical British North American territory of Rupert's Land, which was contained within the original diocesan boundaries.The diocese comprises 72,500...
3rd	The Most Rev. Isaac Stringer Isaac Stringer Isaac O Stringer was a Canadian Anglican bishop.Stringer was born in Kingarf, Ontario. He attended University College and Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto and received a BA degree in 1891...	1931–1934	Rupert's Land Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land The Diocese of Rupert's Land is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is named for the historical British North American territory of Rupert's Land, which was contained within the original diocesan boundaries.The diocese comprises 72,500...
4th	The Most Rev. Malcolm Taylor McAdam Harding Malcolm Taylor McAdam Harding Malcolm Taylor McAdam Harding was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.Ordained in 1889, his first posts were curacies at Holy Trinity Merrickville, Ontario and St. George's Cathedral, Kingston Ontario. After this he was Rector of St. Matthew's Brandon, Manitoba then Archdeacon of Assiniboia...	1935–1942	Rupert's Land Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land The Diocese of Rupert's Land is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is named for the historical British North American territory of Rupert's Land, which was contained within the original diocesan boundaries.The diocese comprises 72,500...
5th	The Most Rev. Louis Ralph Sherman	1943–1953	Rupert's Land Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land The Diocese of Rupert's Land is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is named for the historical British North American territory of Rupert's Land, which was contained within the original diocesan boundaries.The diocese comprises 72,500...
6th	The Most Rev. Walter Foster Barfoot Walter Foster Barfoot Walter Foster Barfoot was a Canadian Anglican bishop.Barfoot was educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1923. He was a tutor at the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad Saskatoon and then a professor at St. John’s College, Winnipeg. He became Bishop of Edmonton in 1941 and Primate of...	1954–1960	Rupert's Land Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land The Diocese of Rupert's Land is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is named for the historical British North American territory of Rupert's Land, which was contained within the original diocesan boundaries.The diocese comprises 72,500...
7th	The Most Rev. Howard Hewlett Clark Howard Clark (bishop) Howard Hewlett Clark, was Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1959 to 1971.Born in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Clark attended the University of Trinity College in Toronto. He was first appointed Curate of St. John the Baptist Norway in Toronto, Ontario in 1930. In 1932 he was made Curate of...	1961–1969	Rupert's Land Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land The Diocese of Rupert's Land is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is named for the historical British North American territory of Rupert's Land, which was contained within the original diocesan boundaries.The diocese comprises 72,500...
8th	The Most Rev. George Clarence Fredric Jackson George Clarence Fredric Jackson The Most Rev George Frederic Clarence Jackson, DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the second half of the 20th century. Educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1935, his first post was a curacy at Erin, Ontario. After this he held incumbencies in Halton Hills and Halton Hills. He...	1970–1977	Qu'Appelle Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle The Diocese of Qu’Appelle in the Anglican Church of Canada lies in the southern third of the civil province of Saskatchewan and contains within its geographical boundaries some 50% of the province's population of one million.-History:...
9th	The Most Rev. Frederick Hugh Wright Crabb Frederick Hugh Wright Crabb Frederick Hugh Wright Crabb was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the 20th century.Born in Luppitt, Devon on 24 April 1915 he was educated at the University of London and ordained in 1939. His first posts were curacies in Teignmouth and Plymouth after which he was a missionary in Sudan...	1977–1982	Athabasca Anglican Diocese of Athabasca The Anglican Diocese of Athabasca is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada, in the northern half of the civil province of Alberta. It was created in 1874 by the division of the original Diocese of Rupert's Land. The Synod of the Diocese of...
10th	The Most Rev. Michael Geoffrey Peers Michael Peers Michael Geoffrey Peers was Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1986 to 2004.Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Peers completed an undergraduate degree in languages at the University of British Columbia in 1956 and a diploma in translation at the University of Heidelberg in 1957...	1982–1986	Qu'Appelle Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle The Diocese of Qu’Appelle in the Anglican Church of Canada lies in the southern third of the civil province of Saskatchewan and contains within its geographical boundaries some 50% of the province's population of one million.-History:...
11th	The Most Rev. Edwin Kent Clarke Edwin Kent Clarke Edwin Kent Clarke is a retired Canadian Anglican bishop.Clarke was educated at Bishop's University and ordained in 1957. He was a curate of All Saints' Westboro until 1956 when he became Director of Christian Education for the Diocese of Ottawa, a position he held until 1966...	1986–1987	Edmonton Anglican Diocese of Edmonton The Diocese of Edmonton is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. The diocese comprises almost 78,000 square kilometres of the civil Province of Alberta, consisting of a band across the central part of the province, extending to the borders of...
12th	The Most Rev. Walter Heath Jones Walter Heath Jones Walter Heath Jones was an Anglican bishop in the United States and Canada.Jones was born in Winnipeg and educated at the University of Manitoba. He was ordained in 1952 and served at Flin Flon until 1958 when he was received into the Episcopal Church of the United States...	1988–1993	Rupert's Land Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land The Diocese of Rupert's Land is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is named for the historical British North American territory of Rupert's Land, which was contained within the original diocesan boundaries.The diocese comprises 72,500...
13th	The Most Rev. John Barry Curtis John Barry Curtis John Barry Curtis is a retired Anglican bishop in Canada.Born on 19 June 1933, he was educated at Trinity College, Toronto and ordained after a period of study at Chichester Theological College in 1959. He began his ordained ministry as a curate in Pembroke, Ontario. After this he held incumbencies...	1994–1999	Calgary Anglican Diocese of Calgary The Anglican Diocese of Calgary is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada, located in the southern part of the civil province of Alberta. It was established in 1888...
14th	The Most Rev. Thomas Oliver Morgan Thomas Oliver Morgan Thomas Oliver Morgan is a retired bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada.Morgan was educated at the University of Saskatchewan and King's College London. He began his ordained ministry as a curate at the Church of the Saviour, Blackburn after which he was the incumbent of Porcupine Plain,...	2000–2003	Saskatoon Anglican Diocese of Saskatoon The Diocese of Saskatoon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. Its territory is a band across the middle of the province of Saskatchewan. It was separated from the Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan in 1933. The motto of the diocese is Sursum...
15th	The Most Rev. John Robert Clarke John Robert Clarke John Robert Clarke is a retired bishop of the Anglican Church of Canada.Clarke was educated at the University of Western Ontario and ordained in 1963. His first positions were as a curate at St Michael and All Angels' Toronto and then priest in charge of the Church of the Apostles in Moosonee...	2003–2008	Athabasca Anglican Diocese of Athabasca The Anglican Diocese of Athabasca is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada, in the northern half of the civil province of Alberta. It was created in 1874 by the division of the original Diocese of Rupert's Land. The Synod of the Diocese of...
16th	The Most Rev. David Ashdown David Ashdown David Norman Ashdown is the current Bishop of Keewatin in the Anglican Church of Canada and the 16th Metropolitan of Rupert’s Land.-References: Category:Anglican bishops of Keewatin Category:21st-century Anglican bishops...	2009–	Keewatin Anglican Diocese of Keewatin The Diocese of Keewatin is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada. It straddles the border of the civil provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, comprising over 900,000 square kilometres. The diocese is geographically isolated, consisting of mainly small, and mostly First Nations communities. The...

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Metropolitan

Metropolitans of Rupert's Land

See also

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