Diocese of Saskatchewan

Diocese of the Anglican Church in Canada

Diocese of Saskatchewan

Location
Ecclesiastical province	Northern Lights
Archdeaconries	Saskatchewan & Prince Albert
Statistics
Parishes	22 (2022)^[1]
Members	8,417 (2022)^[1]
Information
Rite	Anglican
Cathedral	St Alban's Cathedral, Prince Albert
Current leadership
Bishop	Richard Reed (bishop-elect)
Suffragan	Adam Halkett (indigenous bishop)
Website
[1]

The Diocese of Saskatchewan is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights of the Anglican Church of Canada formed in 1874. Its headquarters are in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The Diocese of Saskatoon was split off from it in 1933.

The diocese encompasses the northern two-thirds of Saskatchewan and has 35 parishes and 68 congregations. About 8,400 people are identified as Anglican on parish rolls, although attendance is much lower at less than 1,000 in 2022. In addition to the roles of diocesan bishop and indigenous bishop, there were nine paid priests and one paid deacon active in the diocese in 2022 and seven non-stipendiary priests and nine non-stipendiary deacons.^[1]

Bishops (Ordinary)

1874 John McLean
1887 Cyprian Pinkham (1st Bishop of Calgary, 1903)
1903 Jervois Newnham
1922 George Lloyd
1931 William Hallam (became Bishop of Saskatoon when the diocese was split)
1933 Walter Burd
1939 Henry Martin
1960 Bill Crump
1970 Vicars Short
1985 Tom Morgan (afterwards Bishop of Saskatoon, 1993)
1993 Anthony Burton
2009 Michael Hawkins
2023 Adam Halkett (serving as both Bishop Ordinary and Indigenous Suffragan Bishop of Missinipi)
2024 Richard Reed (bishop-elect)

Bishop of Missinipi (Suffragan Indigenous Bishops)

1989 - 2008 Charles Arthurson
2008 - 2012 No Suffragan consecrated
2012 - Present Adam Halkett

Deans of Saskatchewan

The Dean of Saskatchewan is also Rector of St Alban's Cathedral.

?–1963: R. Leslie Taylor ^[2]
1963–1970: Vicars Short (Bishop of Saskatchewan, 1970) ^[2]
1971–?: John H. McMulkin ^[3]
1984–1990: Bruce Stavert (afterwards Bishop of Quebec, 1991) ^[4]
1991–1993: Anthony Burton (Bishop of Saskatchewan, 1993)
1994–2001: Stephen Andrews (later Bishop of Algoma, 2008)
2001–2009: Michael Hawkins (Bishop of Saskatchewan, 2009)
2010–present: Kenneth Davis

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b "An Historical Sketch of the Diocese of Saskatchewan". Project Canterbury. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ "An Historical Sketch of the Diocese of Saskatchewan". Project Canterbury. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ "Happy Birthday and Anniversary Archbishop Bruce" (PDF). Quebec Diocesan Gazette: Vol 111 Number 8. Diocese of Quebec. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2015.