Diocese of Kootenay
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceBritish Columbia and Yukon
Statistics
Parishes27 (2017)
Members3,839 (2017)
Information
DenominationAnglican Church of Canada
CathedralSt. Michael and All Angels Cathedral, Kelowna
St. Saviour's Pro-Cathedral, Nelson
Current leadership
BishopLynne McNaughton
Website
http://www.kootenayanglican.ca

The Diocese of Kootenay is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada.

The diocese was created by a decision of the Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster in November 1899 to divide that diocese into two along the 120 degrees line of longitude. The new Diocese of Kootenay would comprise the area of the original diocese eastward of that line to the Alberta border. In 1900 the Synod of the new Diocese met in Nelson and selected St. Saviour's Church there as its cathedral. After being provisionally administered by New Westminster for several years, the Diocese of Kootenay got its first bishop, Alexander Doull, in 1914.[1]

In 1987 the cathedral was re-established at its present location at St. Michael and All Angels' Church in the City of Kelowna, where the bishops had actually lived since 1955.

Bishops of Kootenay

No.NameDatesNotes
1Alexander Doull1914–1933
2Walter Adams1933–1947Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon, 1942-1951 and Bishop of Yukon, 1947–1952
3Patrick Clark1948–1954
4Philip Beattie1955–1960
5Bill Coleman1961–1965
6Ted Scott1966–1971Primate of All Canada, 1971–1986
7Fraser Berry1971–1989
8David Crawley1990–2004Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon, 1994-2004
9John Privett2005–2018Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon, 2009-2018
10Lynne McNaughton2019–presentMetropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon, 2021-present

Deans of Kootenay

Since 1987, the Dean of Kootenay has also been the incumbent at St Michael and All Angel's Cathedral, Kelowna.

  • 1945–1948: Patrick Clark (Bishop of Kootenay, 1948)
  • 1948–1956: Thomas L. Leadbeater [2]
  • 1957–1963: G.W. Lang
  • 1973–1980: Alan Jackson
  • 1987–2000: Jack Greenhalgh [3]
  • 2001–2009: Allan R. Reed [3]
  • 2009–2020: Nissa Basbaum [3]
  • 2021–present: David Tiessen

References

  1. "Synod of the Diocese of Kootenay fonds". MemoryBC. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. "The Sower" (PDF). Diocese of Calgary. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "A Brief History of St. Michael's". St Michael's Cathedral. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

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