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Anglican Diocese of Moosonee

{{Short description|Diocese of the Anglican Church in Canada}}

{{for| the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moosonee|Roman Catholic Diocese of Moosonee}}

{{Infobox diocese

|jurisdiction = Diocese

|name = Moosonee

|denomination = {{nowrap|Anglican Church of Canada}}

|rite = Anglican

|country = Canada

|province = Ontario

|parishes = 21 (2022){{cite web |last1=Elliot |first1=Neil |title=Dioceses of the ACC – by numbers |url=https://numbersmatters.ca/2024/03/15/dioceses-of-the-acc-by-numbers/ |website=Numbers Matters |publisher=(Neil Elliot is the statistics officer for the Anglican Church of Canada.) |access-date=17 March 2024 |date=15 March 2024}}

|churches =

|members = 14,219 (2022)

|bishop = Rod BrantFrancis

|cathedral = St. Matthew's Cathedral, Timmins

|archdeaconries =

|suffragans =

|map = Diocese of Moosonee locator map.png

|map_caption = The boundaries of the diocese within the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario.

}}

The Diocese of Moosonee is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada.

History

It was created in 1872 from part of the Diocese of Rupert's Land, in what is now the Province of the Northern Lights, and transferred in 1912 to the new Province of Ontario. Now headquartered in Timmins, Ontario, it was originally headquartered in Moose Factory. Its first bishop was John Horden.

Following the retirement of the 8th bishop of Moosonee, Caleb Lawrence, in January 2010, an election synod was held on April 10, 2010, under the chairmanship of the then metropolitan of Ontario, Colin Johnson.[http://www.domaa.ca/Articles/index.asp?id=33 Diocese of Moosonee website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219123028/http://www.domaa.ca/Articles/index.asp?id=33 |date=February 19, 2010 }} The synod elected Tom Corston to be the 9th bishop of Moosonee; he was consecrated as a bishop and installed as Bishop of Moosonee on July 6, 2010. He served in that position until he retired on December 31, 2013, and thereafter acted as assisting bishop.{{Cite web |url=http://www.moosoneeanglican.ca/the-bishop-/bio |title=Thomas A. Corston |access-date=2018-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013093329/http://www.moosoneeanglican.ca/the-bishop-/bio |archive-date=2018-10-13 |url-status=dead }}

At that point, the diocese was reorganized as a mission area of the Province of Ontario, with the metropolitan of Ontario serving ex officio (i.e. automatically) as diocesan Bishop of Moosonee. On October 10, 2018, Anne Germond became the metropolitan of Ontario and served as Bishop of Moosonee, in addition to her jurisdiction in the Diocese of Algoma.{{cite web |title=Anne Germond |url=http://dioceseofalgoma.com/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=view&ID=814 |website=The Diocese of Algoma |publisher=Anglican Church of Canada |access-date=12 October 2018 |date=10 October 2018}} Victoria Matthews represented her as episcopal administrator.{{cite web |title=The Right Reverend Victoria Matthews celebrates 30 years as Anglican bishop |url=https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-84-up-north/clip/16042575-the-right-reverend-victoria-matthews-celebrates-30-years |publisher=CBC News |access-date=23 February 2024 |date=14 February 2024}}

In 2025, having returned to financial stability, the diocese elected its own bishop again. Rod BrantFrancis, a First Nations priest who had previously served in a remote Moosonee parish, was chosen and seated as the 12th bishop of Moosonee on May 28, 2025.

Bishops of Moosonee

class="wikitable"
{{abbr|No.|Number}}

! Name

! Dates

1

| John Horden

| 1872–1893

2

| Jervois Newnham

| 1893–1904 (subsequently Bishop of Saskatchewan, 1903–1921)

3

| George Holmes

| 1905–1909

4

| John Anderson

| 1909–1943 (Metropolitan of Ontario, 1940–1943)

5

| Robert Renison

| 1943–1954 (Metropolitan of Ontario, 1952–1954)

6

| Cooper Robinson

| 1955–1963

7

| James Watton

| 1963–1980 (Metropolitan of Ontario, 1974–1979)

8

| Caleb Lawrence

| 1980–2010 (Metropolitan of Ontario, 2004–2009)

9

| Tom Corston

| 2010–2013

10

| Colin Johnson

| 2014–2018 (ex officio as Metropolitan of Ontario)

11

| Anne Germond

| 2018–2025 (ex officio as Metropolitan of Ontario)

12

| Rod BrantFrancis

| Since 2025

Deans of Moosonee

The dean of Moosonee is also the rector of St. Matthew's Cathedral in Timmins:

  • 1948–1954: Cuthbert Cooper Robinson (Bishop of Moosonee, 1955)
  • 1955–1957: James Watton (Bishop of Moosonee, 1963)
  • 1957–1961: S. J. Bell{{cite web| url = http://www.deeprootstalltrees.com/PaisleyAlbum/Religion.shtml| title= Our Religious Heritage|access-date = 5 April 2015}}
  • c.1974: G. Coster Scovil
  • c.1977: John Fowler
  • ?–?: Jerry Smith (for 5 years){{cite web|url = http://www.sarges.com/NLS/Bios/JerrySmith.html| title= Biography of Jerry Smith|access-date = 5 April 2015}}
  • 2007–?: Sharon Murdoch{{cite news|title= Anglican Journal|year= 2007|url = http://www.anglicanjournal.com/articles/new-moosonee-dean-7429}}
  • 2011–present: Gregory Gilson{{cite web|url=http://www.stmatthewstimmins.ca/parish-information/cathedral-articles-a-letters/85-appointment-of-rector-|title= Appointment of Rector|publisher= St Matthew's Cathedral, Timmins|access-date = 5 April 2015}}

References

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External links

{{Portal|Christianity}}

  • [http://www.moosoneeanglican.ca Diocese of Moosonee website]

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Moosonee, Anglican Diocese of

Category:Anglican Church in Ontario

Category:1874 establishments in Ontario

Category:Organizations based in Ontario

Category:Timmins

Category:Anglican Province of Ontario

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