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Diocese of Edmonton
Dioecesis Edmontonensis
Diocèse d'Edmonton
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Location
Country Canada
Ecclesiastical province Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land
Archdeaconries Edmonton, McLeod River, Strathcona, Vermilion River
Headquarters All Saints Anglican Cathedral, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Coordinates 53°32′24″N 113°29′49″W / 53.540°N 113.497°W / 53.540; -113.497
Statistics
Parishes 44 (2022)
Members 5,912 (2022)
Information
Denomination Anglican Church of Canada
Rite Anglican
Cathedral All Saints' Cathedral, Edmonton
Current leadership
Bishop Stephen London
Website
edmonton.anglican.ca

The Diocese of Edmonton is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. The diocese comprises over 126,000 square kilometres of the civil Province of Alberta, consisting of a band across the central part of the province, extending to the borders of the adjacent provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east. Its See city is Edmonton, and its roughly 7,000 Anglicans on parish rolls are served by 53 parishes, according to the most recent figures published by the Anglican Church of Canada.

The diocese was established in 1913 when it was divided from the Diocese of Calgary (which in turn had been divided from the Diocese of Saskatchewan in 1888). The following year, the diocese was incorporated by the Alberta legislature.

Edmonton is the major city within the diocese. Other communities are a mix of small, rural centres and suburban bedroom communities of the capital.

A lay order, the Company of the Cross ran the Saint John's School of Alberta which closed in 2008. In the past, the school and order were specifically under the control of the diocese and bishop.

Bishops of Edmonton

No. Image Name Dates Notes
1 Henry Gray 1914–1931
2 Arthur Burgett 1932–1940
3 Walter Barfoot 1941–1954 Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1950-1959
4 Howard Clark 1954–1961 Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1959-1971
5 W. Gerald Burch, Bishop of Edmonton 1960-1976.jpg Gerald Burch 1962–1976
6 John Langstone 1976–1979
7 Kent Clarke 1980–1987 Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, 1986–1987
8 Ken Genge 1988–1996
9 Victoria Matthews.jpg Victoria Matthews 1997–2007 Anglican Diocese of Christchurch 2008–2018
10 Bishop Jane 2019 web (cropped).jpg Jane Alexander 2008–2021
11 Stephen London 2021– Consecrated Sept 18, 2021
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