Council of General Synod: New northern diocese
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article38376
- Author
- Sison, Marites N.
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2013 May
- Author
- Sison, Marites N.
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2013 May
- Volume
- 139
- Issue
- 5
- Page
- 6
- Notes
- "The Council of General Synod (CoGS) has thrown its support behind the proposal to create a new indigenous diocese of the northern Ontario region. The proposal will require the concurrence of General Synod when it meets in July [2013]. Archbishop David Ashdown, diocesan bishop and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Rupert's Land, said the vision for the new diocese was articulated more than half a century ago. The new diocese would cover 16 First Nations communities belonging to Treaty 9 around Kingfisher Lake, north of Sioux :Lookout. The northern Ontario area mission currently has a bishop, Lydia Mamakwa, who was elected in 2010, and several local clergy. Mamakwa told CoGS that the northern Ontario area mission has grown over the years to include training for native clergy and a catechism and Bible camp. If the plan is approved, the diocese of Keewatin will cease to function on Dec. 31, 2014, but will continue as a legal entity until Sept. 30, 2015". [Text of entire article.]
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Keewatin
- Anglican Church of Canada. Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh - History
- Ashdown, David (David Norman), 1950-2021
- Mamakwa, Lydia, 1957-
- Indigenous ministry - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Structure