Anglican Diocese of Montreal

Diocese of Montreal

Diocèse de Montréal
Diocese of Montreal; Diocèse de Montréal
Location
Country	Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Canada
Statistics
Parishes	68 (2022)
Members	7,017 (2022)
Information
Denomination	Anglican Church of Canada
Rite	Anglican
Established	1850; 174 years ago
Cathedral	Christ Church Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Mary Irwin-Gibson
Dean	Bertrand Olivier
Website
	www.montreal.anglican.ca

The Diocese of Montreal is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada, in turn a province of the Anglican Communion. The diocese comprises the 21,400 square kilometres (8,300 sq mi) encompassing the City and Island of Montreal, the Laurentians, the South Shore opposite Montreal, and part of the Eastern Townships. The See city is Montreal, and the cathedral is Christ Church. The diocese maintains approximately 9,000 on its parish rolls^[2] in about seventy parishes.

History

The diocese was established in 1850, having been carved off from the Diocese of Quebec (where there was a suffragan bishop of Montreal from 1836). The first synod was organised nine years later. Its first bishop, Francis Fulford, was influenced by the Oxford Movement.

In 1866, there was one archdeaconry: J. Scott was Archdeacon of Montreal.^[3]

Present status

While Montreal was the largest Canadian city and the centre of commerce in the country, the diocese thrived. In recent decades, however, as these attributes have shifted to Toronto, the English-Canadian population in the diocese has shrunk dramatically, forcing the merger and the closure of parishes. The diocese's original membership of 25,000 150 years ago has shrunk by over one-third, even as the total population in the civil region has expanded from about 70,000 to over 3,000,000^[4]—a 9000% decrease in its proportional importance. The diocese's decline thus far exceeds Montreal's relative loss of prestige to Toronto.

With both the dioceses of Montreal and Quebec now having less than 10,000 members, and decreasing membership, discussions are underway for the eventual merger of the two fading dioceses, beginning with an exploration of opportunities for combined administration.^[2]

Today, like the Anglican Church of Canada generally, liberal theology dominates, with the bishop approving a form for blessings for same-sex unions in 2010.^[2]

The present bishop is Mary Irwin-Gibson.

Archdeaconries, deaneries and parishes

Bedford and the Richelieu

Bedford and Brome-Shefford

Ascension Anglican Church, West Brome, Brome Lake
All Saints Anglican Church, Dunham
All Saints Anglican Church, North Ely, Sainte-Christine
Bishop Stewart Memorial Church, Frelighsburg
Grace Church, Sutton
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Iron Hill, Brome Lake
St. James Anglican Church, Brome Lake
St. George's Anglican Church, Granby
St. James Anglican Church, Bedford
St. James the Apostle Anglican Church, Stanbridge East
St. James the Apostle and Martyr Anglican Church, Farnham
St. Luke's Anglican Church, Waterloo
St. Paul's Anglican Church, Abbotsford, Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford
St. Paul's Anglican Church, Knowlton
St. Thomas Anglican Church, Noyan
Trinity Anglican Church, Nelsonville, Cowansville

South Shore

Christ Church, Sorel
St. Francis Anglican Mission Church, Odanak
St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Saint-Lambert
St. George's Anglican Church, Châteauguay
St. James Anglican Church, Ormstown
St. John's Anglican Church, Huntingdon
St. Joseph of Nazareth Church, Brossard
St. Margaret of Antioch, Saint-Hubert, Longueuil
St. Martin's House, Otterburn Park
St. Paul's Anglican Church, Greenfield Park, Longueuil
St. Stephen's with St. James, Chambly
St. Thomas Anglican Church, Rougemont
Trinity Church, Havelock
Trinity Church, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

Montreal

Hochelaga

Christ Church Cathedral, Downtown Montreal
St John the Evangelist, Downtown Montreal
St. George's Anglican Church, Downtown Montreal
St Jax Church, Downtown Montreal
St. Hilda Anglican Church, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Montreal
St. Matthias' Anglican Church, Westmount

Western Montreal

Anglican Church of St. Mark and St. Peter, Saint-Laurent, Montreal
Church of the Epiphany, Verdun, Montreal
St. Lawrence Anglican Church, Lasalle, Montreal
St. Paul's Anglican Church, Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal
St. Philip's Anglican Church, Montreal West
St. Simon and Bartholomew Anglican Church, Laval
St. Thomas' Anglican Church, Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal

St. Lawrence

Pointe-Claire

All Saints by the Lake, Dorval
St. John the Baptist Anglican Church, Pointe-Claire
St Stephen's Anglican Church, Lachine, Montreal

St. Anne

Christ Church, Beaurepaire, Beaconsfield
St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Montreal
St. George's Anglican Church, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
St. James Anglican Church, Parish of Vaudreuil, Hudson
St. Mary's Anglican Church, Parish of Vaudreuil, Como, Hudson
St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Montreal

St. Andrew

Laurentians

All Saints Church, Deux-Montagnes
Christ Church, Rawdon
Église de la Nativité, Rosemère
Holy Trinity Calumet, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
St. Margaret Anglican Church, Mascouche
St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Grenville

Regional Ministry of the Laurentians

Christ Church, Mille-Isles
Grace Anglican Church, Arundel
Holy Trinity Church, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
St Paul's Anglican Church, Dunany, Gore
St. John the Baptist Anglican Church, Kilkenny, Saint-Hippolyte
St. Francis of the Birds Anglican Church, Saint-Sauveur
St Simeon's Anglican Church, Lachute
Trinity Church, Morin-Heights

Other facilities

Mile-End Community Mission, Le Plateau Mont-Royal, Montreal
Montreal Diocesan Theological College, Ville-Marie, Montreal
Ste-Anne's Hospital Chapel, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue

Bishops of Montreal

See List of Anglican Bishops of Montreal

References

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Montreal Anglican", June 2010
^ The Clergy List for 1866 (London: George Cox, 1866) p. 440
^ Cooper, John Irwin (1976). "Fulford, Francis". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IX (1861–1870) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

External links

Official website

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[acc-stats-dioceses-2022-1] 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.

[MA0610-2] "Montreal Anglican", June 2010

[3] The Clergy List for 1866 (London: George Cox, 1866) p. 440

[4] Cooper, John Irwin (1976). "Fulford, Francis". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IX (1861–1870) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

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