Anglican Diocese of Moosonee
Diocese of Moosonee
Dioecesis Moosoneeensis |
| Location |
| Country |
Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province |
Ontario |
| Metropolitan |
Colin Johnson |
| Statistics |
| Parishes |
29 |
| Information |
| Rite |
Anglican |
| Cathedral |
St. Matthew's Cathedral, Timmins |
| Current leadership |
| Bishop |
The Right Reverend Tom Corston |
| Emeritus Bishops |
The Most Reverend Caleb Lawrence |
The Anglican Diocese of Moosonee is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada. Now headquartered in Timmins, Ontario it was originally headquartered in Moose Factory. Its first bishop was the Right Rev. John Horden.
Following the retirement of the 8th Bishop of Moosonee, the Most Rev. Caleb Lawrence, in January 2010, an election synod was held on April 10, 2010, under the chairmanship of the Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, the Most Rev. Colin Johnson.[1] The synod election 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.
Bishops
| Bishop of Moosonee |
Honorific and Name |
Dates |
| 1st |
The Rt. Rev. John Horden |
1872–1893 |
| 2nd |
The Rt. Rev. Jervois Arthur Newnham |
1893-1904 (subsequently Bishop of Saskatchewan 1903-1921) |
| 3rd |
The Rt. Rev. George Holmes |
1905–1909 |
| 4th |
The Most Rev. John George Anderson |
1909-1943 (Metropolitan of Ontario 1940-1943) |
| 5th |
The Most Rev. Robert John Renison |
1943-1954 (Metropolitan of Ontario 1952-1954) |
| 6th |
The Rt. Rev. Cuthbert Cooper Robinson |
1955–1963 |
| 7th |
The Most Rev. James Augustus Watton |
1963-1980 (Metropolitan of Ontario 1974-1979) |
| 8th |
The Most Rev. Caleb James Lawrence |
1980-2010 (Metropolitan of Ontario 2004-2009) |
| 9th |
The Right Rev. Tom Corston |
2010-present |
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