Canada Connection - Western Newfoundland
images: The Anglican Church of Canada's map of Canadian dioceses and provinces, from anglican.ca (modified to highlight the Diocese of Western Newfoundland); Cathedral, from http://anglicancathedralcornerbrook.com/
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer for the week of 25 February 2024 we pray for The Rt. Rev. John Organ, Bishop, and the clergy and people of the Diocese of Western Newfoundland.
The diocese was formed in 1976 from a division of the 1873 Diocese of Newfoundland (diocesan history here), but "the earliest presence of the Anglican Church in Newfoundland and Labrador can be traced to stopovers by various military chaplains and visiting clerics in the 16th and 17th centuries," and the first resident clergyman was appointed in 1701. The Diocese of Western Newfoundland is spread over 30, mostly multipoint, parishes on the west side of Newfoundland, with 20,000 members in 82 communities served. It covers an area from Francois on the south coast to Port aux Basques, all along the west coast, up the Northern Peninsula to St. Anthony, and across to southern Labrador. It extends from Deer Lake out to Howley, the Baie Verte Peninsula, White Bay and as far east as Springdale. [1]
The diocese is situated in the unceded traditional territories of the Beothuk and Mi'kmaq First Nations.
The diocesan cathedral is St John the Evangelist in Corner Brook.
The diocesan newsletter (and blog) for all three sections of the original Diocese of Newfoundland and Labrador is Anglican Life, available at https://anglicanlife.ca/ .