The Diocese of Algoma is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the

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. It comprises nearly 182,000 square kilometres of the Ontario districts of Algoma (from which it takes its name), Thunder Bay,

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, 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 Rupert's Land to the west,

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to the north,

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to the east, and Ontario, Toronto,

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to the south.

History

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

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and

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areas around

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. 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 independent

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. The mission of the diocese is "To share in the gathering work of Christ so that His newness of life overflows into our hearts, homes, churches, and community."

Bishops of Algoma

Organization of the modern diocese

Algoma's

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, and its Anglican population of 18,000 on the parish rolls is served by 50 parishes. The current bishop of Algoma is Anne Germond. The current dean of Algoma and rector of St. Luke's Cathedral is James McShane. Apart from Sault Ste. Marie, other major centres in the diocese include North Bay,

, 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 is currently divided into five deaneries including: Algoma, Muskoka, Sudbury-Manitoulin, Temiskaming, and Thunder Bay-North Shore. The diocese operates three camping ministries: Camp Gitchigomee located on Sandstone Lake near Thunder Bay; Camp Temiskaming on Fairy Lake, near

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; and

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near Whitefish Falls. The diocese maintains active chaplaincies at

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located in Sudbury and the Mission to Seafarers, located in Thunder Bay. The archival collection of the Anglican Diocese of Algoma is held at

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in the

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. The dean of Algoma is also rector of St Luke's Cathedral, Sault Ste. Marie. * 1935–1940: Percy Alfred Paris * 1941–1944:

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(Bishop of Algoma, 1944) * 1944–1951: James Hannington Craig * 1951–1957: Walter Bruce Jennings * 1957–1974:

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(Bishop of Algoma, 1974) * 1975–1992: I. Lawrence Robertson * 1993–2001: Allan R. Reed (7th dean; Dean of Kootenay, 2001) * 2001–2007: Garry Dobinson * 2007–2010: Nelson Small * 2011–present: James McShane

Diocesan newspapers

The first diocesan newspaper was established in the Algoma region in 1874 by the Rev.

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, the first principal of the

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. This newspaper was first known as the ''Algoma Missionary News'' and was published out of the Shingwauk School. In 1978 an Ojibway-language supplement to the ''Algoma Missionary News'' was published under the name ''The Peace Pipe'' with the tag line "an Ojibway newspaper published monthly at the Shingwauk Home". Over the years the name of this paper changed a number of times and was known successively as ''Algoma Quarterly'', ''The Algoma Missionary News and Shingwauk Journal'', and finally ''Algoma Missionary News''. Publication of the ''Algoma Missionary News'' ceased in 1956. In 1957, the newspaper was replaced by the ''Algoma Anglican'', which is still in publication today. The publisher of the ''Algoma Anglican'' is always the current bishop of Algoma, with the editor being assigned by the bishop. The newspaper has a mandate to share with the Algoma Anglican community about ongoing diocesan issues, news, and events. The paper also includes updates about the numerous parishes within the Anglican Diocese of Algoma. Editors of the numerous iterations of the newspaper have included:

References

External links

Diocesan website

Article on the diocese from the ''Anglican Journal''

Deanery of Thunder Bay website

Archive of the Algoma Missionary News (newspaper)

Archive of the Algoma Anglican Newspaper

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