St. John's Anglican Church (Lunenburg)

St. John's Anglican Church was the first church established in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada (1753). It is the second Church of England built in Nova Scotia, and is the second oldest continuous Protestant church in present-day Canada. Early on 1 November 2001, St. John's church suffered significant damage by fire. It was restored and re-dedicated June 12, 2005.

The early congregation was mainly Foreign Protestants, including Lutheran Germans. The first missionary was sent by the

The church remains a vibrant spiritual centre within the community and beyond. It is part of the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in the Anglican Church of Canada. The parish welcomed their first female rector, the Rev. Dr. Laura Marie Piotrowicz, in January 2019.

Church building

St. John's Church was built during the

In 2005, the church contributed wood from a salvaged pew to the Six String Nation project. Parts of that material serve multiple functions within Voyageur, the guitar at the heart of the project,^[7] including a back brace, a reinforcing strip and kerfing, all on the interior of the instrument.

Crypt

There are 18 people buried in the crypt. 7 people are under age 17. The notable interments include:

Founders of Lunenburg

• Raid on Lunenburg (1782)
  , donated church bell and silver chalice; wife of Jessen, Francisca Barbara (Rudolf) Jessen (d. 1807)
• Raid on Lunenburg (1782)^[8]
• Hon. Sebastian Zouberbuhler, (d.1773), fought in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745); became first of 3 Justice of the Peace in Lunenburg along with John Creighton and Patrick Sutherland.^[9]
• Rev. Jean-Baptiste Moreau (clergyman) (d.1770), 1st minister^[10]

Others

• Rev. Paulus Bryzelius (d. 1773), minister^[11][12]
• Rev. Thomas Shreve (d. 1816), minister; soldier during the American Revolution
• John Creighton Jr. (d. 1826)
• Honorable Francis Joseph Rudolf (d. 1823)
• son of Rev. Peter de la Roche, William (age 1, d. 1776)^[13]
• Miss Margaret Cheyne (1748-1821)

Ministers (1753-1852)

• Rev. Jean-Baptiste Moreau (1753-1770);
• Rev.
  Robert Vincent (clergyman)
  (1762-1765)
• Rev. Paulus Bryzelius (1768-1773)
• Rev. Peter de la Roche (1771-1787), signed ransom agreement with American privateers in the
  Raid on Lunenburg (1782) and became first Anglican minister at Guysborough, Nova Scotia.^[14][15]
• Rev. Richard Money (1787-1803)[16]
• Rev. Thomas Shreve (1804-1816)
• Rev. Roger Aitken (1817-1825)^{[17][18][19][20]}
• Rev. James Cuppaidge Cochran (1825-1852), who supported the establishment of the Halifax School for the Deaf^[21][22]

Gallery

• 
  John Bacon, London
• 
  Plaque to John Creighton Jr. and his son John Creighton
• 
  Governor

  Robert Vincent

  , second minister of St. John's (.c. 1761)
• 
  The Jessen Bell (1814)
• 
  Jessen gave St. John's the silver chalice, flagon, and paten (1814)
• 
  Francis Rudolf, The Crypt
• 
  Rev. Thomas Shreve
• 
  Rectory, St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (c 1816)

See also

• List of oldest buildings in Canada
• Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Lunenburg)
• St. Paul's Church (Halifax)
• Little Dutch (Deutsch) Church - St. George's Cemetery
• St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Lunenburg)
• St. Peter's Anglican Church (West LaHave, Nova Scotia)

References

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