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St. Mark's Church (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
St. Mark's Church is a historic Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican church in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is the oldest church in the Diocese of Niagara and the second oldest Anglican church in Ontario. History In 1790, local Anglican residents of what was then Niagara-on-the-Lake, Butlersburg wrote to the Rt Rev. Charles Inglis (bishop), Charles Inglis, Bishop of Nova Scotia, requesting a cleric be sent to the area. In 1791, the Rev. Robert Addison (missionary), Robert Addison was commissioned as a missionary and arrived in Butlersburg in July 1792. At the time, Addison was the only resident Anglican cleric west of Kingston. Early services were held in the Masonic lodge or the court house. A sandstone church was completed in 1809. During the War of 1812, the church was used as hospital by the British forces and later as a hospital and barracks by the occupying American forces. Addison served as a chaplain to the British Army and presided over the funeral of Major-Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Church Of Canada
The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC or ACoC) is the Ecclesiastical province#Anglican Communion, province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French-language name is ''l'Église anglicane du Canada''. In 2017, the Anglican Church counted 359,030 members on parish rolls in 2,206 congregations, organized into 1,571 parishes. The Canada 2011 Census, 2011 Canadian Census counted 1,631,845 self-identified Anglicans (5 percent of the total Canadian population), making the Anglican Church the third-largest Canadian church after the Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada.2011 is the most recent census to collect information on religion in Canada. Statistics Canada:"Please note that information about religion is only collected once every 10 years." The 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Canadian Census counted more than 1 million self-identified Anglicans (3.1% of the total Canadian population), remaining the third-largest Canadian church. Like other Anglican churches, the An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
