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The Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land, founded in 1875, forms one of four
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s in the
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.


Territorial evolution

The territory covered by the province is roughly coterminous with the western portion of the former
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concession of
Rupert's Land Rupert's Land (french: Terre de Rupert), or Prince Rupert's Land (french: Terre du Prince Rupert, link=no), was a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin; this was further extended from Rupert's Land ...
, as well as the
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of
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. It today consists of the present day provinces of
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,
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, and
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, as well as the extreme western portion of
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and the Nunavik area of
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. It also includes all of the territories of
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and the
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. At almost 6.5 million square kilometres, it is the largest ecclesiastical province by area in the country, and was even larger when it was created. The Anglican Diocese of Moosonee was joined to the
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in 1912. The five dioceses in
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were also originally part of Rupert's Land Ecclesiastical Province, until they became an
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of their own in 1914. Furthermore, the Diocese of Selkirk was part of Rupert's Land until it joined the British Columbia province in 1943, as the Anglican Diocese of Yukon.


Dioceses

There are presently 10 dioceses in the province: * '' Athabasca'' (
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) * ''
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'' (
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,
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, and
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(northern Quebec)) * '' Brandon'' (
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) * ''
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'' (Alberta) * ''
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'' (Alberta) * '' Mishamikoweesh'' (northern Manitoba and northwestern
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) * '' Qu'Appelle'' (
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Da ...
) * ''
Rupert's Land Rupert's Land (french: Terre de Rupert), or Prince Rupert's Land (french: Terre du Prince Rupert, link=no), was a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin; this was further extended from Rupert's Land ...
'' (Manitoba) * ''
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Da ...
'' (Saskatchewan) * '' Saskatoon'' (Saskatchewan)


Metropolitan

The provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada are headed by metropolitan bishops, elected from among the provinces' diocesan bishops, who then become archbishops of their own diocese and the metropolitan of their province. The current metropolitan of the Province of Rupert's Land is Greg Kerr-Wilson who is the Archbishop of Calgary.


Metropolitans of Rupert's Land

Source: Metropolitans of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land
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See also

* Ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada * List of dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada


References


External links


Provincial website
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