Diocese of Niagara

Diocese of Niagara

Location
Ecclesiastical province	Ontario
Archdeaconries	6
Statistics
Parishes	93
Information
Rite	Anglican
Cathedral	Christ's Church Cathedral, Hamilton
Current leadership
Bishop	The Right Reverend Michael A. Bird
Website
niagaraanglican.ca

The Diocese of Niagara is one of thirty regional divisions (29 dioceses and one former diocese) in the Anglican Church of Canada. The see city of the diocese is Hamilton with the Bishop's seat being located at Christ's Church Cathedral on James Street North. Located within the ecclesiastical province of Ontario, it borders the Dioceses of Huron and Toronto. The area enclosed by the Diocese of Niagara includes much of the Golden Horseshoe, and moves north to include Erin and Orangeville as far as Shelburne. Moving sharply south the line includes Mount Forest and widens, south-westerly to include Elora and Guelph. Skirting Brantford and the Territory of the Six Nations Confederacy, the line then travels, again, south-westerly to Nanticoke and Lake Erie to include the entire Niagara Peninsula. Major urban centres within its borders are St. Catharines, Hamilton, Guelph, Oakville, Burlington, and Orangeville.

The current Bishop of Niagara is the Right Reverend Michael Bird, who was installed as Diocesan Bishop on March 2, 2008. There are just over 90 parishes within the diocese served by approximately 120 licensed parish priests, with a number of honorary clergy, vocational deacons and licensed lay people. The diocese is divided into six regional deaneries: Brock, Lincoln, Mohawk, Undermount, Greater Wellington and Trafalgar. Each deanery is overseen by a Regional Archdeacon and Regional Dean.

Early History

The first Anglican presence in what would become the Diocese of Niagara begin with St Mark’s Church in Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake), the former capital of Upper Canada. The parish was founded in 1790 as Loyalist immigrants arrived from the former American colonies, in what would become the province of Ontario. At this time the area was part of the Diocese of Nova Scotia, and subsequently became part of the Diocese of Quebec, then of the Diocese of Toronto.

The diocese was formed by an act of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada; 39 Vic Chapter 107 in 1875. Royal assent was given in 1876. The first bishop was Thomas Brock Fuller, Archdeacon of Niagara and godson of Sir Isaac Brock, the hero of the Battle of Queenston Heights.

Parishes by Region

Region of Greater Wellington

St. Alban the Martyr, Acton
Grace Church, Arthur
St. John, Elora
All Saints, Erin
St. James, Fergus
St. Alban's, Grand Valley
St. George's, Guelph
St. James the Apostle, Guelph
St. Matthias, Guelph
St. David and St. Patrick, Guelph
St. Paul's, Mount Forest
St. Mark's, Orangeville
St. John, Rockwood
St. Paul's Anglican Church, Shelburne

Region of Trafalgar

St. Christopher, Burlington
St. Elizabeth's, Burlington
St. John, Burlington
St. Luke, Burlington
St. Matthew on-the-Plains, Burlington
St. George's, Georgetown
St. Alban the Martyr, Glen Williams
St. Stephen's, Hornby
St. George's Anglican Church Lowville, Campbellville
Grace, Milton
St. John, Campbellville
St. Paul, Norval
The Church of the Epiphany, Oakville
Church of the Incarnation, Oakville
St. Aidan's, Oakville
St. Cuthbert's, Oakville
St. Jude, Oakville
St. Simon, Oakville
St. Luke, Oakville
St. John's, Stewarttown
Grace, Waterdown

Region of Mohawk

St. John's, Ancaster
St. Paul's, Caledonia
St. John the Divine, Cayuga
St. John, Cheapside
St. James, Dundas
Christ Church, Flamborough
St. Paul's (Glanford), Mount Hope
All Saints Church, Hagersville
Holy Trinity, Hamilton
Church of the Resurrection, Hamilton
St. Michael's, Hamilton
St. Stephen on the Mount, Hamilton
St. Paul's, Jarvis
Christ Church, Hannon
St. John's, York

Region of Undermount

St. Alban the Martyr, Hamilton
All Saints, Hamilton
The Church of the Ascension, Hamilton
Christ's Church Cathedral, Hamilton
St. John the Evangelist, Hamilton
St. Luke's, Hamilton
San Gabriel, Hamilton
St. Peter, Hamilton
The Church of Our Saviour The Redeemer, Stoney Creek
St. John the Evangelist, Winona
Church of the Nativity, Hamilton
St. Paul's (Westdale), Hamilton

Region of Lincoln

St. Alban, Beamsville
St. Andrew, Grimsby
St. George's (Homer), Niagara-on-the-Lake
St. John's, Jordan
Christ Church, McNab
St. Mark, Niagara-on-the-Lake
St. Saviour, The Brock Memorial Church, Queenston
Grace Church, St. Catharines
St. Barnabas, St. Catharines
St. Columba, St. Catharines
St. George's, St. Catharines
St. James (Merriton), St. Catharines
St. John's, St. Catharines
St. Thomas, St. Catharines
Transfiguration, St. Catharines
St. Luke, Smithville
St. John the Evangelist, Thorold

Region of Brock

St. Paul's, Dunnville
The Dunn Parish: Christ Church & St John the Evangelist, Dunnville
Holy Trinity, Fonthill
St. Paul's, Fort Erie
Christ Church, Niagara Falls
Holy Trinity (Chippawa), Niagara Falls
St. John the Evangelist, Niagara Falls
St. Paul, Port Robinson
St. John's, Ridgemount
All Saints, Ridgeway
Christ Church, Wainfleet
All Saints Church (Dain City), Welland
Holy Trinity, Welland
St. David's Parish, Welland
The Parish of St. James and St. Brendan, Port Colborne

Educational institutions

Appleby College, Oakville, founded 1911.
St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School, Oakville, founded as St. Mildred's College, Toronto,1908.
Ridley College, St. Catharines, founded 1889.
St. John's-Kilmarnock School, Breslau, founded 1972

The diocese also has connections to campus ministries at three universities in its jurisdiction. The University of Guelph, Brock University and McMaster University all have chaplains whose ministries are affiliated with the Diocese of Niagara and its ecumenical partners.

Diocesan Bishops of Niagara

Thomas Fuller, 1875–1884
Charles Hamilton, 1884–1896
Philip Du Moulin, 1896–1911
William Clark, 1911–1925
Derwyn Owen, 1925–1932 Primate of All Canada, 1934–1947
Lewis Broughall, 1932–1949
Walter Bagnall, 1949-1973
John Bothwell, 1973–1991 Archbishop of Niagara and Metropolitan of Ontario, 1985–1991
Walter Asbil, 1991–1997
Ralph Spence, 1998–2008
Michael Bird, 2008–present

Litigation

The Diocese was involved with litigation against several former parishes affiliated with Anglican Network in Canada. The courts have generally upheld the diocese as owner of the church buildings and ejected the congregations.

References

External links

Bishops of Niagara

Thomas Fuller Charles Hamilton Philip Du Moulin William Clark Derwyn Owen Lewis Broughall Walter Bagnall John Bothwell Walter Asbil Ralph Spence Michael Bird

Suffragans	Clarence Mitchell Kent Clarke

Anglican Church of Canada

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