Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador

Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador
Statistics
Parishes39 (2022)[1]
Members21,053 (2022)[1]
Information
RiteAnglican
CathedralCathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John's
Current leadership
BishopSamuel Rose
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.[2]

History

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, the mother church for Anglicans in Newfoundland and Labrador

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

As of 2019, this Diocese allows clergy to officiate same-sex marriages.[3][4][5]

Bishops of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador

Parishes

Parish Location
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist St. John's
All Saints, CBS Conception Bay South
The Ascension Mount Pearl
Bay de Verde Bay de Verde
Bay Roberts/Foley's Point Bay Roberts
St. Cyprian & St. Mary Wabana
St. James Carbonear
St. Mark’s Churchill Falls
The Good Shepherd Mount Pearl
St. Paul's Harbour Grace
Heart's Content Heart's Content
The Epiphany Heart's Delight-Islington
The Holy Innocents Paradise Paradise
Holy Cross Norman's Cove-Long Cove
Holy Spirit Hodge's Cove
The Holy Trinity Whitbourne
Labrador West Labrador City
St. Andrew's Happy Valley-Goose Bay
The Living Water Arnold's Cove
New Hope Goulds
Petty Harbour/Bay Bulls/Aquaforte Paradise
St. Luke's Port de Grave, Newfoundland
All Saints Pouch Cove
The Resurrection South River
St. Peter's Cartwright
Holy Redeemer Spaniard's Bay
St. Augustine St. John's
St. John the Evangelist, C.B.S Conception Bay South
St. Lawrence Portugal Cove–St. Philip's
St. Mark the Evangelist St. John's
St. Mark, Shearstown/Butlerville Shearstown
St. Mary the Virgin St. John's
St. Philips, Coady’s Road Portugal Cove–St. Philip's
St. Thomas St. John's
St. Timothy, Rigolet Rigolet
St. Nicholas Torbay
St. Peter's Upper Island Cove[7]

Former Schools

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 28 April 2015)
  3. ^ "Anglican Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador affirms same-sex marriage | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  4. ^ "Diocese of Central Newfoundland". Anglican Samizdat. 2019-10-27. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  5. ^ Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (2020). "Baptisms & Weddings". Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Retrieved August 19, 2023. Any couples who are legally permitted to be married in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, can request to be married here at the Cathedral. In other words, we welcome and celebrate with same-sex couples, just as we do with male-female couples.
  6. ^ Robotham, Robert (December 1, 2020). "Samuel Rose elected as Bishop of E. NFLD & Labrador".
  7. ^ "Address Book - Anglican Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador" (PDF). anglicanenl.net. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  8. ^ "Bishop Feild College, St. John's, NL". www.heritage.nf.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-07.


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