St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church is a

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church congregation located in

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, Canada. It belongs to the

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denomination.

History

The congregation's roots began with the British conquest of Quebec at the Plains of Abraham in 1759. Under the leadership of

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Chaplain Robert MacPherson and soldiers of the famous 78th Fraser Highlanders of James Wolfe's

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in 1759. A congregation evolved under his leadership, until his death in 1765. He was succeeded by another former Chaplain, George Henry. With the 1763 Treaty, and the coming of merchants from Scotland and

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, the congregation soon assumed civilian status and was known as the ''Scotch Congregation - in connection with the Church of Scotland''. During the 1802 ministry of Alexander Spark, in response to a petition signed by 148 persons, the present Church site was granted by His Majesty

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, although it was not until 1807 that construction began. The long-contemplated Church was dedicated on November 30, 1810, on

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, and appropriately named after the apostle. The building remains virtually unchanged but for the addition of the Vestry in 1900. Ste. Anne Street.jpg, St. Andrews Church, Quebec City 02.JPG, Kirk Hall 02.JPG, Manse of St. Andrews Church, Quebec City - 02.jpg, On the same triangular site with the church are the Kirk Hall, first erected in 1829 as a Protestant School which continued as a flourishing scholastic institution for many years; and the magnificent

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erected in 1837, which was the residence of the ministers until 2017. William Reed was notably the church's organist from 1900-1913.

Ministers

* Robert MacPherson, 1759-1765+ * George Henry, 1765-1784 * Alexander Spark, DD, 1784-1819 * James Harkness, DD, 1820-1835+ * John Cook, DD,

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1836-1883, Moderator of the first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, June 1875. * Andrew Tannahill Love, DD, 1884-1925 * Alexander M. Gordon, DD, 1926-1941 * Harold W. Reid, DD, 1941-1945 * Donald Mackay, DD, 1945-1950 * Wilfred Butcher, DD, 1951-1964 * Edward Bragg, DD, 1964-1977 * P. Lyle Sams, 1979-1990 * Donald J. M. Corbett,

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1991+, former Principal of Knox College, * Mrs. Tamiko Nakamura Corbett, Diaconal Minister, 1992-1993, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada's General Assembly, 1996. * Ronald H. Balston, 1993-1996 * Scott Emery, 1996-2000 * Bradley Nelson (Interim Minister), 2001-2003 * Stephen A. Hayes, DD, 2004-2009 * Katherine Burgess, DMin, 2009–present +Died in Office.

References

External links

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