The Diocese of Saskatoon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights of the Anglican Church of Canada. Its territory is a band across the middle of the province of Saskatchewan.[2] It was separated from the Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan in 1933. The motto of the diocese is Sursum Corda - Lift up your hearts, a phrase from the service of Holy Communion. The cathedral church is St. John the Evangelist, built in 1912. Many rural parishes are multi-point charges.
Diocese of Saskatoon | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Northern Lights |
| Archdeaconries | 3 |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 19 (2022)[1] |
| Members | 1,500 (2022)[1] |
| Information | |
| Rite | Anglican |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Saskatoon |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Chad McCharles |
| Map | |
 Boundaries of the diocese within the Province of the Northern Lights | |
| Website | |
| Anglican Diocese of Saskatoon | |
Bishops of Saskatoon
editPrevious bishops were bishops of Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan. After the division of the diocese. Bishop Hallam continued after 1933 as bishop of Saskatoon.[3]
| No. | Name | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | William Hallam | 1933–1949 | Bishop of Saskatchewan, 1931–1933 |
| 6 | Wilfred Fuller | 1949–1950 | Dean of Saskatoon, 1943–1949 |
| 7 | Stanley Steer | 1950–1970 | |
| 8 | Douglas Ford | 1970–1981 | Dean of Saskatoon, 1966–1970 |
| 9 | Roland Wood | 1981–1993 | Dean of Saskatoon, 1971–1981; Dean of Athabasca, 1993–1998 |
| 10 | Tom Morgan | 1993–2003 | Translated from Saskatchewan; Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, 2000–2003 |
| 11 | Rod Andrews | 2004–2010 | |
| 12 | David Irving | 2010–2018 | |
| 13 | Chris Harper | 2018–2023 | National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop, 2023–present |
| 14 | Chad McCharles | Since 2025 |
Deans of Saskatoon
editThe Dean of Saskatoon is also Rector of St John's Cathedral.
- 1943–1949: William Eastland Fuller (Bishop of Saskatoon, 1949)
- 1950–1955: Norman Douglas Larmouth
- 1956–1962: Shirley Arthur Ralph Wood
- 1962–1965: Elwood Harold Patterson
- 1966–1970: Douglas Albert Ford (Bishop of Saskatoon, 1970)
- 1971–1981: Roland Wood (Bishop of Saskatoon, 1981)
- 1982–1991: Robert J. Blackwell
- 1993–2000: John Allan Kirk
- 2001–2006: Susan Marie Charbonneau
- 2006–2011: Terry R. Wiebe
- 2012–2022: G. Scott Pittendrigh
References
edit- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Map showing diocese location Archived July 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Our History". Diocese of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 8 April 2025.