- Anglican Diocese of Algoma
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Diocese of Algoma 
Location Ecclesiastical province Ontario Archdeaconries 5 Statistics Parishes 50 Churches 115 Information Rite Anglican Cathedral St. Luke's Cathedral, Sault Ste. Marie Current leadership Bishop The Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Andrews Website dioceseofalgoma.com The Diocese of Algoma is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada. It comprises nearly 182,000 square kilometres of the Ontario districts of Algoma (from which it takes its name), Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Manitoulin, and parts of the districts of Nipissing and Timiskaming. The diocese forms a wide band stretching from just west of Thunder Bay on the northern shore of Lake Superior east to the border of Ontario and Quebec. Neighbouring Anglican dioceses are Keewatin to the west, Moosonee to the north, Ottawa to the east, and Ontario, Toronto, Huron to the south.
Algoma's See city is Sault Ste. Marie, and its Anglican population of 18,000 on the parish rolls is served by 50 parishes. The Right Reverend Dr. Stephen Andrews is the Bishop of Algoma. The Dean of Algoma and Rector of St. Luke's Cathedral is Nelson Small. Apart from Sault Ste. Marie, other major centres in the diocese include North Bay, Sudbury, and Thunder Bay. Nineteen of the diocese's fifty parishes are located in these communities. Most of the rest of the parishes are located in small towns and First Nations communities.
The Diocese of Algoma, founded in 1873, was one of four carved off from the original Diocese of Toronto. Consisting of a large First Nations population, the primary focus of the new diocese was intended to be missionary activity combined with ministry to the growing European settlements in the Muskoka and Parry Sound areas around Lake Huron. By the turn of the twentieth century, the demographics of the territory had shifted considerably, as mining and forestry attracted more European settlement. By 1906, Algoma ceased to be a missionary diocese of the ecclesiastical province and held its first synod.
The diocese maintains active chaplaincies at Thorneloe University located in Sudbury and the Mission to Seafarers, located in Thunder Bay.
Bishops of Algoma
Bishop of Algoma Name Dates 1st The Right Reverend Frederick D Fauquier 1873-1881 2ed The Right Reverend Edward Sullivan 1882-1896 3rd The Most Reverend George Thorneloe 1896-1926 4th The Right Reverend Rocksborough Remington Smith 1927-1939 5th The Most Reverend George Kingston 1939-1944 6th The Most Reverend William Lockridge Wright 1944-1974 7th The Right Reverend Frank F. Nock 1974-1982 8th The Right Reverend Leslie E. Peterson 1982-1994 9th The Right Reverend Ronald Ferris 1995-2008 10th The Right Reverend Stephen Andrews 2009- External links
- Diocesan website.
- Article on the diocese from the Anglican Journal.
- Deanery of Thunder Bay website.
- Website of Camp Gitchigomee, the diocesan camp and retreat centre.
Anglican Church of Canada National Church Ecclesiastical Provinces Dioceses Algoma · Arctic · Athabasca · Brandon · British Columbia · Caledonia · Calgary · Cariboo · Central Newfoundland · Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador · Edmonton · Fredericton · Huron · Keewatin · Kootenay · Montreal · Moosonee · New Westminster · Niagara · Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island · Ontario · Ottawa · Qu'Appelle · Quebec · Rupert's Land · Saskatchewan · Saskatoon · Toronto · Western Newfoundland · Yukon
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