Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador

Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador
Information
Rite	Anglican
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John's
Current leadership
Bishop	Geoff Peddle
Website
anglicanenl.net

The Anglican Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador is one of seven dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada in the Anglican Church of Canada. As of 2012 the diocese had 50,000 members in 81 congregations organised in 35 parishes. The most widely spread parish has thirteen congregations.^[1]

History

In 1976 the Diocese of Newfoundland was reorganised and three autonomous dioceses were created: Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, Central Newfoundland, and Western Newfoundland.

Bishops of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador

Robert Seaborn, 1965–1980 (1965–1976 as Bishop of Newfoundland); Metropolitan of Canada, 1975–1980
Martin Mate, 1980–1992
Don Harvey, 1993–2004
Cyrus Pitman, 2004–2013
Geoffrey Peddle, 2014–present

References

↑ http://www.province-canada.anglican.org/synod2012/Eastern%20Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador%20report.pdf (accessed 28 April 2015)

External links

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 Mishamikoweesh 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 Selkirk Newfoundland

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

Other	Anglican Journal

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