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
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. It was created in 1874 by the division into four parts of the original
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 origina ...
. The Synod of the Diocese of Athabasca was organized in 1876. The diocese was then itself subdivided in 1892 to create the new dioceses of
Selkirk (later renamed Yukon) and
Mackenzie River and in 1933 to create the
Diocese of The Arctic (which subsumed Mackenzie River).
The
see city
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is
Peace River
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. The diocese has had at least two other See Cities:
Fort Simpson
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and
Fort Vermilion
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Established in 1788, Fort Vermilion shares the title of oldest European settlement in Alberta with Fort Chipewyan. Fort Vermilion contains many ...
. The bishop resided for a considerable period at
Athabasca Landing, but it is not certain whether it was ever his "seat". Other cities in the diocese are
Grande Prairie
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and
Fort McMurray
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.
The diocesan bishop is David Greenwood, a priest in the diocese since 2015, who was elected 12th Bishop of Athabasca by the Diocesan Synod on 16 November 2019 in St James' Cathedral, Peace River.
Deans of Athabasca
The Dean of Athabasca is also Rector of St James Cathedral
*1949–?: Roland Hill (1st Dean)
*: Edwin Thain
? –? Dean Roy Crisfield
? – ? Dean David Ellis
*?–1979: James Hoskin
*1979–1987: Fabian Hugh
[ (afterwards ]Dean of Calgary
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, 1987) named Dean emeritus of Athabasca
*1993–1998: Roland Wood
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(previously Bishop of Saskatoon, 1981–1993)
*1998–2005: Michael Rolf
*2006–2016: Iain Luke, later Principal of the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, Saskatoon, SK.
*2017–present: Jason Haggstrom (previously ean of Caledonia2011–2017)
References
External links
Diocese of Athabasca Official Site
(Warning: website not current as of June 16, 2021).
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Anglican bishops of Athabasca
Athabasca, Anglican Diocese of
Religious sees in Alberta
Anglican Province of Rupert's Land