Canada Connection - Niagara
image: The Anglican Church of Canada's map of Canadian dioceses and provinces, from anglican.ca (modified to highlight the Diocese of Niagara)
In the week of 9 May 2021 we pray for The Rt. Rev. Susan Bell, Bishop, and the clergy and people of the
Diocese of Niagara.
"The first Anglican presence in what would become the Diocese of Niagara begin with St Mark’s Church in Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake), the former capital of Upper Canada. The parish was founded in 1790 as Loyalist immigrants arrived from the former American colonies, in what would become the province of Ontario. At this time the area was part of the Diocese of Nova Scotia, and subsequently became part of the Diocese of Quebec, then of the Diocese of Toronto.
"The area enclosed by the Diocese of Niagara includes much of the Golden Horseshoe, and moves north to include Erin and Orangeville as far as Shelburne. Moving sharply south the line includes Mount Forest and widens, south-westerly to include Elora and Guelph. Skirting Brantford and the Territory of the Six Nations Confederacy, the line then travels, again, south-westerly to Nanticoke and Lake Erie to include the entire Niagara Peninsula. Major urban centres within its borders are St. Catharines, Hamilton, Guelph, Oakville, Burlington, and Orangeville." [source: Wikipedia]
Geographically, though not population-wise, Niagara is one of Canada's smallest dioceses. See the 2017 diocesan profile
The diocese is situated in the traditional territories of the Neutral, Mississauga, Anishnaabe and Haudenosaunee First Nations.
The diocesan cathedral, Christ's Church, built in 1876, is in Hamilton, Ontario. Cathedral history.
The diocesan newsletter is the Niagara Anglican.
Do you have connections with this diocese? We'd love to hear about them!