The Diocese of Fredericton is a diocese of the

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of the

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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

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, Canada.

Bishops

* 1845–1892:

; 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 * 2003–2014:

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; Metropolitan of Canada, 2009–2014 * 2014–present: David Edwards; Metropolitan of Canada, 2020–Present

Archdeacons

The following have served as

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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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held this post 1825–1829 in the Diocese of Nova Scotia, 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 * –2016: Patricia Drummond (formerly at New Bandon and subsequently at Woodstock) * 2017–2020: Wandlyn Snelgrove (formerly served as priest in

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)Parish web-site
/ref> * 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

References

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Bishops

Archdeacons

See also

References