The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. It was established in 1912 out of six dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada located in the civil province of Ontario, and the Diocese of Moosonee from the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land.

Overview

The seven dioceses are:

Provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada are headed by a Metropolitan, who is elected from among the province's diocesan bishops. This bishop then becomes Archbishop of his or her diocese and Metropolitan of the province. Since 2014, the Metropolitan of Ontario also becomes ex officio the diocesan Bishop of Moosonee. The current Metropolitan of the Province of Ontario is Anne Germond, Archbishop of Algoma and Moosonee, who succeeded Archbishop Colin Johnson of Toronto and Moosonee in October 2018.[1]

The Metropolitan presides at the triennial meeting of the Provincial Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario.[2] The next Provincial Synod will take place in 2021. In addition, the Metropolitan presides at electoral synods and the consecration of bishops in the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario.

Metropolitans of Ontario

OrderNameDioceseDates
1stCharles HamiltonArchbishop of Ottawa1912–1914
2ndGeorge ThorneloeArchbishop of Algoma1915–1926
3rdDavid WilliamsArchbishop of Huron1926–1931
4thJames SweenyArchbishop of Toronto1932–1932
5thCharles RoperArchbishop of Ottawa1933–1939
6thJohn AndersonArchbishop of Moosonee1940–1943
7thCharles SeagerArchbishop of Huron1944–1948
8thJohn LyonsArchbishop of Ontario1949–1952
9thRobert RenisonArchbishop of Moosonee1952–1954
10thWilliam WrightArchbishop of Algoma1955–1974
11thJames WattonArchbishop of Moosonee1974–1979
12thLewis GarnsworthyArchbishop of Toronto1979–1985
13thJohn BothwellArchbishop of Niagara1985–1991
14thEdwin LackeyArchbishop of Ottawa1991–1993
15thPercy O'DriscollArchbishop of Huron1993–2000
16thTerence FinlayArchbishop of Toronto2000–2004
17thCaleb LawrenceArchbishop of Moosonee2004–2009
18thColin JohnsonArchbishop of Toronto
(from 2014: Archbishop of Toronto and Moosonee)		2009–2018
19thAnne GermondArchbishop of Algoma and Moosonee2018–present

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Anne Germond". The Diocese of Algoma. Anglican Church of Canada. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Provincial Synod


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