The Diocese of Caledonia is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada.

Diocese of Caledonia
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceBritish Columbia and Yukon
Statistics
Parishes20 (2022)[1]
Members1,048 (2022)[1]
Information
RiteAnglican
CathedralSt. Andrew's Cathedral, Prince Rupert
Current leadership
BishopDavid Lehmann
Website
caledonia.anglican.org

Early missionary leaders who served in this diocese include William Ridley and James Benjamin McCullagh.

In 1977 the diocese published The Nishga Liturgy for Nisga'a Anglicans.[2]

Bishop William Ridley

Bishops of Caledonia

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No. Name Dates Notes
1 William Ridley 1879?–1904
2 Frederick Du Vernet 1904–1924 1st Metropolitan of British Columbia and Archbishop of Caledonia, 1915–1924
3 George Rix 1928–1945
4 James Gibson 1945–1952
5 Horace Watts 1953–1959
6 Eric Munn 1959–1968
7 Douglas Hambidge 1969–1980 afterwards Bishop of New Westminster, 1980–1993
8 John Hannen 1981–2001 Acting Metropolitan of British Columbia, 1993–1994
9 William Anderson 2001–2016 Retired Bishop of Caledonia on Dec. 31, 2016
10 David Lehmann 2017–present Elected October 22, 2017,
Enthroned January 18, 2018

Deans of Caledonia

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The Dean of Caledonia is also usually Rector of St Andrew's Cathedral, Prince Rupert.

  • 1929–1945: James B. Gibson (1st Dean) Bishop of Caledonia, 1945 [3]
  • 1945–: Basil S. Prockter (interesting archival note from Crockford's Clerical directory suggests that Bishop Gibson continued as Dean after his election, and that Basil Prockter was never listed as anything but "Canon", though he was the rector of the parish)[3]
  • 1956–1959: Albert Edward Hendy
  • 1959–1963: George Tweddale Pattison
  • 1964–1970: Ernest Geoffrey Flagg
  • 1979–1985: Robert Gary Paterson
  • 1986–1993: Michael John Wimmer
  • 1994–1997: Glen Raymond Burgomaster
  • 1998–1999: [Vacant]
  • 2000–2002: Hugo T. Jackson
  • 2002–2003: Acting Dean – Peter Davison
  • 2004–2008: Rob Sweet [4]
  • 2009: [Vacant]
  • 2010–2011: James Barlow
  • 2011–2017: Jason Haggstrom
  • 2018–present: Stephen Paul Williams (installed as Rector 17 June 2018) [5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Elliot, Neil (15 March 2024). "Dioceses of the ACC – by numbers". Numbers Matters. (Neil Elliot is the statistics officer for the Anglican Church of Canada.). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ "The Nishga Liturgy". justus.anglican.org. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b Large, R. Geddes. The Skeena, River of Destiny. p. 100.
  4. ^ "The Diocese of Saskatchewan – Home – Dean Rob Sweet to move to Parry Sound". Archived from the original on 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  5. ^ "New minister joins Prince Rupert's Anglican parish". 18 June 2018.