The Diocese of Fredericton is a diocese of the
Ecclesiastical Province of Canada The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, founded in 1860, forms one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. Despite modern use of the name ''Canada'', the ecclesiastical province covers only the former territory of Lower Can ...
of the
Anglican Church of Canada
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. Established in 1845, its first bishop was
John Medley
John Medley, (19 December 1804 – 9 September 1892), was a Church of England clergyman who became the first bishop of Fredericton in 1845. In 1879 he succeeded Ashton Oxenden as Metropolitan of Canada.
Education and family
John Medley was bo ...
, who served until his death on September 9, 1892. Its cathedral and diocesan offices are in
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the do ...
, Canada.
Bishops
* 1845–1892:
John Medley
John Medley, (19 December 1804 – 9 September 1892), was a Church of England clergyman who became the first bishop of Fredericton in 1845. In 1879 he succeeded Ashton Oxenden as Metropolitan of Canada.
Education and family
John Medley was bo ...
;
Metropolitan of Canada, 1879–1892
* 1892–1907:
Tully Kingdon
* 1907–1938:
John Richardson; Metropolitan of Canada, 1934–1938
* 1939–1956:
William Moorhead
* 1957–1971:
Henry O'Neil
* 1971–1989:
Harold Nutter
Harold Lee Nutter CM, (29 December 1923 – 9 September 2017) was the 6th Bishop of Fredericton and later the 16th Metropolitan of Canada.
He was born on December 29, 1923, educated at Mount Allison University and ordained Deacon in 1946 a ...
; Metropolitan of Canada, 1980–1989
* 1989–2000:
George Lemmon
* 2000–2003:
Bill Hockin
William Joseph Hockin (born 30 September 1938) is an Anglican priest and author.
Educated at Wilfrid Laurier University and ordained in 1963, he was a curate at All Saints, Windsor, Ontario, Windsor until 1966. He then served the parishes of All ...
* 2003–2014:
Claude Miller
Claude Miller (20 February 1942 – 4 April 2012) was a French film director, producer and screenwriter.
Life and career
Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his fi ...
; Metropolitan of Canada, 2009–2014
* 2014–present:
David Edwards; Metropolitan of Canada, 2020–Present
Archdeacons
The following have served as
archdeacons
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of the diocese:
Archdeacons of St. Andrews
* 2001–2003:
Geoffrey Hall
Geoffrey M. Hall has been Dean of Fredericton since 1 September 2014.
Geoffrey Hall was born in Woodstock NB on , graduating from Woodstock High School in 1979. In 1986 he graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a degree in Education ...
* 2014–present: John Matheson
Archdeacons of Chatham
* 2018–2020: Sandy MacPherson
* 2020–present: Perry Cooper
Archdeacons of Fredericton
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George Best
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held this post 1825–1829 in the
Diocese of Nova Scotia
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, before the erection of Fredericton diocese; Best and Coster were archdeacons for all New Brunswick, and as such were also called Archdeacon of New Brunswick.''
*1829?: George Coster
*in 1866, there was one archdeaconry and it was vacant
* 1907–1932:
Obadiah Newnham Obadiah Samuel Newnham (23 March 1848, Leamington Hastings – 13 May 1932, St. Stephen, New Brunswick) was Archdeacon of Fredericton from 1907 until his death.
Newnham was ordained in 1875 and was a missionary at New London, PEI from 1875 to 18 ...
* –2016: Patricia Drummond (formerly at
New Bandon and subsequently at Woodstock)
* 2017–2020: Wandlyn Snelgrove (formerly served as priest in
Sussex
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* 2020–present: Kevin Stockall
Archdeacons of Kingston and the Kennebecasis
* 2002-2006: Richard McConnell
* 2006-2015: David Barrett
* 2015–present: Robert Marsh
Archdeacons of Moncton
* 2006-2014 Richard McConnell
* 2014–present: Brent Ham
Archdeacons of Saint John
* 2016–2017: Stuart Allan
* 2018–2022: Keith Osborne
* 2022-present: Leo Martin
Archdeacons of Woodstock
* 2014–2017: Patricia Drummond (acting)
* 2018–2020: Roderick Black
Diocesan Archdeacons
* ?-2000: Harold Hazen
* 1998-2003: Claude Miller
* 2003-2014: Geoffrey Hall
* 2014-present: Cathy Laskey
See also
*Dean of Fredericton
The Dean of Fredericton is an Anglican dean in the Anglican Diocese of Fredericton of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, founded in 1860, forms one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church o ...
References
Fredericton, Anglican Diocese of
Anglican church buildings in New Brunswick
Organizations based in Fredericton
Anglican Province of Canada
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