Global InformationDiocese of Ontario information
Diocese of Ontario | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ontario |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 46 (2022)[1] |
| Members | 5,896 (2022)[1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Anglican Church of Canada |
| Rite | Anglican |
| Cathedral | St. George's Cathedral, Kingston |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | William Cliff |
| Website | |
| ontario.anglican.ca | |
The Diocese of Ontario is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada, itself a province of the Anglican Communion. Its See city is Kingston, Ontario, and its cathedral is St. George's, Kingston. The diocese is not coterminous with the Canadian civil province of Ontario, but rather encompasses approximately 17,700 square kilometres of it, comprising the counties of Prince Edward, Hastings, Lennox and Addington, Frontenac, and Leeds and Grenville. Apart from Kingston, other major centres included in the diocese are Belleville, Brockville, and Trenton. The diocese ministers to approximately 8,500 Anglicans in 45 parishes.
The diocese was founded in 1862, when it was divided from the Diocese of Toronto. In 1866, there was one archdeacon: H. Patton, Archdeacon of Ontario.[2] Until 1896 it included the present-day Diocese of Ottawa. Its first bishop, John Lewis, a Church of Ireland cleric, was the first bishop consecrated in Canada rather than England.
The present bishop is Michael Oulton, and the cathedral interim dean is the Venerable David Selzer.
- ^ a b Elliot, Neil (15 March 2024). "Dioceses of the ACC – by numbers". Numbers Matters. (Neil Elliot is the statistics officer for the Anglican Church of Canada.). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ The Clergy List for 1866 (London: George Cox, 1866) p. 445