The Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada. It was created on 1 June 2014 from the northern portion of the

Diocese of Keewatin The Diocese of Keewatin was a diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada. As of 1 August 2014, it no longer had any territorial jurisdiction, but it continued to exist as a legal entity until 30 September 2015, when it was formally closed. Formerl ...

, and includes more than 25

First Nations First Nations or first peoples may refer to: * Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area. Indigenous groups *First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including: **First Natio ...

communities in north-western Ontario and northern Manitoba.

Lydia Mamakwa Lydia Mamakwa is the first bishop of the Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh, a diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada established on 1 June 2014. Mamakwa is from the Kingfisher First Nation Kingfisher First Nation (Oji-Cree lan ...

, who had previously served as suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Keewatin with responsibility for Northern Ontario, was installed as the first Bishop of Mishamikoweesh on 4 June 2014 in

Kingfisher Lake Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species found in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania, ...

, Ontario.Mishamikoweesh
Anglican Journal
3 June 2014.

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Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mishamikoweesh Christian organizations established in 2014 Mishamikoweesh, Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of 2014 establishments in Canada Anglican Province of Rupert's Land First Nations in Ontario First Nations in Manitoba