The Diocese of Saskatoon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the

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. Its territory is a band across the middle of the province of Saskatchewan.Map showing diocese location
It was separated from the Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan in 1933. The motto of the diocese is ''

Sursum Corda The ''Sursum corda'' (Latin: "Lift up your hearts" or literally, "Upwards hearts") is the opening dialogue to the Preface of the Eucharistic Prayer or Anaphora in Christian liturgies, dating back at least to the third century and the Anaphor ...

- Lift up your hearts'', a phrase from the service of

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. The cathedral church i
St.John the Evangelist
built in 1912. Like many main line churches, the diocese continues to close parishes and churches, both rural and urban, and is serving an aging population. Many rural parishes are multi-point charges.

Bishops of Saskatoon

Previous bishops were bishops of Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan, Bishop Hallam continued after 1933 as bishop of Saskatoon. *1931 William Hallam (Bishop of Saskatchewan until 1933 diocesan split) *1949 Wilfred Fuller *1950 Stanley Steer *1970 Douglas Ford *1981 Roland Wood *1993 Tom Morgan (also

Metropolitan of Rupert's Land The Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights, founded in 1875 as the Province of Rupert's Land, forms one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. Territorial evolution The territory covered by the province is ro ...

, 2000–2003) *2004 Rod Andrews *2010 David Irving *2018 Chris Harper

Deans of Saskatoon

The Dean of Saskatoon is also Rector of St John's Cathedral. Source

*1943–1949: William Fuller (bishop), William Eastland Fuller (Bishop of Saskatoon, 1949) *1950–1955: Norman Douglas Larmouth *1956–1962: Shirley Arthur Ralph Wood *1962–1965: Elwood Harold Patterson *1966–1970:

Douglas Albert Ford Douglas Albert Ford (16 July 1917 – 23 January 2007) was an Anglican bishop. He was born in Vancouver and educated at the University of British Columbia. He was ordained in 1942 and was initially held curacies at 1942; Curate, St Mary's, ...

(Bishop of Saskatoon, 1970) *1971–1981: Roland Wood (Bishop of Saskatoon, 1981) *1982–1991: Robert J. Blackwell *1993–2000: John Allan Kirk *2001–2006: Susan Marie Charbonneau *2006–2011: Terry R. Wiebe *2012–2022: G. Scott Pittendrigh

References

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