Anglican Diocese of Calgary





































Diocese of Calgary


Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical province Rupert's Land
Coordinates
51°02′46″N 114°03′36″W / 51.046°N 114.060°W / 51.046; -114.060Coordinates: 51°02′46″N 114°03′36″W / 51.046°N 114.060°W / 51.046; -114.060
Information
Rite Anglican
Cathedral
Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, Calgary
Current leadership
Bishop Gregory Kerr-Wilson
Website
calgary.anglican.ca

The Anglican Diocese of Calgary is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada, located in the southern part of the civil province of Alberta. It was established in 1888. The diocesan boundaries are: on the south, the border between Alberta and the United States; on the east, the Alberta-Saskatchewan border; on the west, the Alberta-British Columbia border and on the north, an uneven east-west line drawn across the province just north of Lacombe forms the northern boundary of the Diocese of Calgary and the southern boundary of the Diocese of Edmonton. This area of about 82,000 square miles (210,000 km2) includes regions of mountain, foothills, parkland and prairie. The see city is Calgary. Other cities in the diocese are Red Deer, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge.


There are about 20,000 Anglicans and 92 parishes in the diocese.
































































Bishop of Calgary
Name
Dates
Notes
1st

Cyprian Pinkham
1888–1927

2nd

Louis Sherman
1927–1943

3rd

Harry Ragg
1943–1952

4th

George Calvert
1952–~1967

5th

Morse Goodman
1968–1983

6th

Barry Curtis
1983–1999

Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, 1994–1999
7th

Barry Hollowell
1999–2005

8th

Derek Hoskin
2006–2011

9th

Greg Kerr-Wilson
2012–
Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, 2015-



External links


  • Diocese of Calgary official website








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