Diocese of Huron

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Diocese of Huron
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Ontario
Information
Rite	Anglican
Cathedral	St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Current leadership
Bishop	The Rt. Rev. Robert Bennett
Suffragans	The Rt. Rev. Terrance Dance
Website
diohuron.org

The Diocese of Huron is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada. The diocese comprises just over 31,000 square kilometres of the extreme south-western portion of the civil province of Ontario, sandwiched between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Its See city is London, and its parish rolls of 50,000 are served by 181 congregations.

The territory covered by the diocese was under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Quebec until 1839, and was included in the Diocese of Toronto from 1839 until 1857. Its first bishop, Benjamin Cronyn, was the first to be elected by a diocesan synod in Canada.

Apart from London, other major communities included within the diocese are Brantford, Cambridge, Chatham, Kitchener, Sarnia, Stratford, Waterloo, and Windsor. Apart from its many parishes, the diocese maintains chaplaincies at Canterbury College in Windsor, Renison University College in Waterloo and Huron College in London, which has an affiliated seminary. A parish in Brantford, Ontario also supports chaplaincy ministry at the local campus of Wilfrid Laurier University.

As of 2 July 2009 the Diocesan Bishop is the Right Rev. Robert Bennett, who was the former suffragan bishop for the diocese. He is supported by The Right Reverend Terry Dance, who was elected as the new suffragan bishop on 28 March 2009 and consecrated in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Ontario, on 6 June 2009. The dean of St. Paul's Cathedral is the Very Reverend Kevin Dixon. Dean Dixon is formerly of St. Mary's, Kerrisdale in Vancouver.

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v t e Bishops of Huron

Diocesan bishops	Benjamin Cronyn Isaac Hellmuth Maurice Baldwin David Williams Charles Seager George Luxton Carmen Queen David Ragg Derwyn Jones Percy O'Driscoll Bruce Howe Bob Bennett

Suffragan bishops	Isaac Hellmouth (Norfolk) Wiliam Townshend Harold Appleyard (Georgian Bay) Carmen Queen (St. Clair) David Ragg Morse Robinson Geoffrey Parke-Taylor Derwyn Jones Bob Townshend (Georgian Bay) Percy O'Driscoll Jack Peck (St. Clair) Bob Bennett (Norfolk) Terry Dance (Norfolk)

v t e Anglican Church of Canada

National Church	Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada

Ecclesiastical Provinces	British Columbia and Yukon Canada Ontario Rupert's Land

Dioceses	Algoma The Arctic Athabasca Brandon British Columbia Caledonia Calgary Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior Central Newfoundland Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador Edmonton Fredericton Huron Keewatin Kootenay Montreal Moosonee New Westminster Niagara Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Ontario Ottawa Qu'Appelle Quebec Rupert's Land Saskatchewan Saskatoon Toronto Western Newfoundland Yukon Former: Cariboo Mackenzie River

Worship and Liturgy	Book of Common Prayer (Canada) Book of Alternative Services Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Canada) Waterloo Declaration

Other	Anglican Journal

Coordinates: 42°37′05″N 81°54′50″W / 42.618°N 81.914°W / 42.618; -81.914

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