The Diocese of Yukon is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, pro ...

of the

Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon The Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. It was founded in 1914 as the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia, but changed its name in 1943 when the D ...

of the

Anglican Church of Canada The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC or ACoC) is the Ecclesiastical province#Anglican Communion, province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French-language name is ''l'Église anglicane du Canada''. In 2017, the Anglican Church co ...

. 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 The Diocese of Mackenzie River was a short-lived diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It was created in 1884 by splitting the Diocese of Athabasca into two, and was itself subdivided in 1891 t ...

, at that time in the

Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land The Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land, founded in 1875, forms one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. Territorial evolution The territory covered by the province is roughly coterminous with the western por ...

, 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

William Bompas William Carpenter Bompas (20 January 1834 – 9 June 1906) was a Church of England clergyman and missionary in northwestern Canada, first Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Athabasca, Athabasca diocese, then of the Di ...

, Bishop of Selkirk, 1890–1905 *

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

Bishop of Yukon The Diocese of Yukon is a diocese 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 Dioce ...

, ''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 origina ...

, 1931–1934 and Metropolitan of Rupert’s Land, 1931–1934 *

Arthur Sovereign Arthur Henry Sovereign FRGS (188116 May 1966) was an Anglican priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also ...

(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 * William Geddes, 1934–1947 * Walter Adams, 1947–1952; Metropolitan of British Columbia & Yukon, 1947–1952 & first titled Archbishop *

Tom Greenwood Thomas Greenwood may refer to: * Thomas Greenwood (activist) (1908–1988), American labor and Indian affairs activist * Thomas Greenwood (historian) (1790–1871), English barrister and academic * Thomas Greenwood (publisher) (1851–1908), Engl ...

(1952–1962) * Henry Marsh, 1962–1967 * John Frame, 1968–1981 *

Ron Ferris Ronald Curry Ferris (born 2 July 1945) is a Canadian Anglican bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally respon ...

, 1981–1995 *

Terry Buckle Terrence Owen Buckle (24 August 1940 – 10 September 2020) was a Canadian Anglican bishop. He was Archbishop of Yukon from 1995 to 2010 and Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon from 2005 until 2010, in the Anglican Church of Canada. Ec ...

, 1995–2010; Metropolitan of British Columbia & Yukon, 2005–2009 *

Larry Robertson Larry Robertson is a Canadian Anglican bishop. He is the current Bishop of Yukon The Diocese of Yukon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada. It comprises 14 congregations s ...

, 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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