Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land

The Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land, founded in 1875, forms one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada.

Territorial evolution

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The territory covered by the province is roughly coterminous with the western portion of the former Hudson's Bay Company concession of Rupert's Land, as well as the North-Western Territory of British North America. It today consists of the present day provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as well as the extreme western portion of Ontario and the Nunavik area of Quebec. It also includes all of the territories of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

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

Dioceses

There are presently 10 dioceses in the province:

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• Athabasca (Alberta
  )
• Arctic (Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Nunavik
  (northern Quebec))
• Brandon (Manitoba
  )
• Calgary (Alberta)
• Edmonton (Alberta)
• Mishamikoweesh (northern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario)
• Qu'Appelle (Saskatchewan
  )
• Rupert's Land (Manitoba)
• Saskatchewan
  (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

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See also

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

References