Diocese of Ontario

Diocese of Ontario
Information
Rite Anglican
Cathedral St. George's Cathedral, Kingston
Current leadership
Bishop Michael D. Oulton
Website
ontario.anglican.ca

The Diocese of Ontario is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada, itself a province of the Anglican Communion. Its See city is Kingston, Ontario, and its cathedral is St. George's, Kingston. The diocese is not coterminous with the Canadian civil province of Ontario, but rather encompasses approximately 17,700 square kilometres of it, comprising the counties of Prince Edward, Hastings, Lennox and Addington, Frontenac, and Leeds and Grenville. Apart from Kingston, other major centres included in the diocese are Belleville, Brockville, and Trenton. The diocese ministers to approximately 13,000 Anglicans in forty-four parishes.

The diocese was founded in 1862, when it was divided from the Diocese of Toronto. Until 1896 it included the present-day Diocese of Ottawa. Its first bishop, John Lewis, a Church of Ireland cleric, was the first bishop consecrated in Canada rather than England.

The Diocese has been the subject of several child abuse lawsuits and a criminal trial over the years. Corruption in the Diocese' hierarchy has been alleged. One of Canada's national networks, CTV, aired a documentary film about the abuse on the W5 programme called "In the Name of God", which was released on February 6, 2016 to coincided with the launch of the book, "Grenville", by Andrew J. Hale-Byrne. "[1] "[2] "[3] "[4] "[5]

The present bishop is Michael Oulton and the cathedral dean is Mary Irwin-Gibson.

Bishops of Ontario

  1. John Lewis, 1862–1900 (Metropolitan of Canada, 1893–1900)
  2. William Mills, 1901–1917
  3. Edward Bidwell, 1917–1926 (previously coadjutor bishop and suffragan Bishop of Ontario since 1913)
  4. Charles Seager, 1926–1932 (afterwards Bishop of Huron, 1932–1948)
  5. John Lyons, 1932–1952 (also Metropolitan of Ontario, 1949–1952)
  6. Kenneth Evans, 1952–1970
  7. Jack Creggan, 1970–1975
  8. Henry Hill, 1975–1981
  9. Allan Read, 1981–1992
  10. Peter Mason, 1992–2002
  11. George Bruce, 2002–2011
  12. Michael Oulton, 2011–present

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/former-students-allege-psychological-physical-and-sexual-abuse-at-ont-christian-school-1.2766446
  2. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Grenville-Andrew-J-Hale-Byrne/dp/1523880058/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1454774656&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Grenville+by+Andrew+Hale-Byrne
  3. ↑ http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/02/29/former-grenville-christian-college-students-tell-harrowing-stories-of-abuse.html
  4. ↑ http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f97cb98031895282f5ba5a0f8&id=9d493b866a
  5. ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Our-Little-Secret-Judy-Steed/dp/0394223187

External links

"[1] "[2] "[3] "[4] "[5]

Coordinates: 44°13′46″N 76°28′59″W / 44.22944°N 76.48306°W / 44.22944; -76.48306

  1. ↑ http://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/former-students-allege-psychological-physical-and-sexual-abuse-at-ont-christian-school-1.2766446
  2. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Grenville-Andrew-J-Hale-Byrne/dp/1523880058/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1454774656&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Grenville+by+Andrew+Hale-Byrne
  3. ↑ http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/02/29/former-grenville-christian-college-students-tell-harrowing-stories-of-abuse.html
  4. ↑ http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f97cb98031895282f5ba5a0f8&id=9d493b866a
  5. ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Our-Little-Secret-Judy-Steed/dp/0394223187
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