The Diocese of Yukon is a
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of the
Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon of the
Anglican Church of Canada. It comprises 14 congregations serving 24 communities in the Yukon and parts of northern British Columbia.
The Diocese was formed in 1891 when the
Diocese of Mackenzie River, at that time in the
Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land, was divided into two. Originally the Diocese of Selkirk, the name of the diocese was changed to Yukon in 1907. It was transferred to its present province in 1947.
Terrence Buckle became the Diocesan bishop in 1995. He was also Metropolitan of the
Province of British Columbia and Yukon from 2005–2009. In November 2007 Buckle announced his intention to retire at the end of 2008 but following an inconclusive election synod postponed his retirement plans. He eventually retired in 2010, after the election of Larry Robertson.
On May 15, 2010, Larry D. Robertson, since 1999 suffragan bishop in the western region of the
Diocese of the Arctic, was elected Bishop of Yukon. He was installed at Christ Church Cathedral in Whitehorse on September 18, 2010.
On May 4, 2019, Lesley C. Wheeler-Dame was elected as Co-adjutor bishop. Lesley was consecrated and installed on August 24, 2019. She is the first female to serve as Diocesan bishop.
In January 2009, Ronald Ferris, former Bishop of Yukon (1981-1995) and subsequently Bishop of Algoma (1995-2008) resigned from the Anglican Church of Canada to continue as a bishop in the Anglican Network in Canada.
Bishops of Selkirk
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William Bompas
William Carpenter Bompas (20 January 1834 – 9 June 1906) was a Church of England clergyman and missionary in northwestern Canada, first Anglican bishop of the Athabasca diocese, then of the Mackenzie River diocese and then of the Selkirk ( ...
, Bishop of Selkirk, 1890–1905
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Isaac Stringer
Isaac O Stringer (April 19, 1866 – October 30, 1934) was a Canadian Anglican bishop.
Biography
Stringer was born in Kingarf, Ontario. He attended University College and Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto and received a BA degree ...
, Bishop of Selkirk, 1905–''1907''
Bishops of Yukon
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Isaac Stringer
Isaac O Stringer (April 19, 1866 – October 30, 1934) was a Canadian Anglican bishop.
Biography
Stringer was born in Kingarf, Ontario. He attended University College and Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto and received a BA degree ...
,
Bishop of Yukon, ''1907''–1931;
Bishop 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 origi ...
, 1931–1934 and
Metropolitan of Rupert’s Land, 1931–1934
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Arthur Sovereign
Arthur Henry Sovereign FRGS (188116 May 1966) was an Anglican priest in the mid-20th century.
He was born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1881 and educated at the University of Toronto. Ordained in 1906, his first post was as a Curate at Christ Chur ...
(1932); afterwards
Bishop of Athabasca
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. It was created in 1874 by the division into four parts of the ...
, 1933–1950
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William Geddes, 1934–1947
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Walter Adams, 1947–1952;
Metropolitan of British Columbia & Yukon, 1947–1952 & first titled Archbishop
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Tom Greenwood (1952–1962)
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Henry Marsh, 1962–1967
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John Frame, 1968–1981
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Ron Ferris, 1981–1995
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Terry Buckle, 1995–2010;
Metropolitan of British Columbia & Yukon, 2005–2009
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Larry Robertson, 2010–2019
*, August 2019 – present, 1st Female Bishop in Diocese
Deans of Yukon
The Dean of Yukon is also Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Whitehorse
Source
Christ Church Cathedral*1978–1982: Kenneth Coben Snider (1st Dean)
*1982–1984: Leonard Mack McFerran
*1985–2001: Desmond Fredrick Carroll
*2002–2008: John "Peter" Williams
*2010–2019: Sean Murphy
*2019–present: Harold "Bert" A. Chestnut
References
External links
Diocesan website
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Yukon, Anglican Diocese of
Christianity in Yukon
Anglican Province of British Columbia and Yukon