Anglican Diocese of Edmonton


The Diocese of Edmonton is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. The diocese comprises over 126,000 square kilometres of the civil Province of Alberta, consisting of a band across the central part of the province, extending to the borders of the adjacent provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east. Its See city is Edmonton, and its roughly 77,000 Anglicans are served by 53 parishes.
The diocese was established in 1913 when it was divided from the Diocese of Calgary. The following year, the diocese was incorporated by the Alberta legislature.
Edmonton is the major city within the diocese. Other communities are a mix of small, rural centres and suburban bedroom communities of the capital.
The current Bishop, Jane Alexander, was installed on May 11, 2008. She formerly served as the Dean of All Saints' Cathedral.
A lay order, the Company of the Cross ran the Saint John's School of Alberta which closed in 2008. In the past, the school and order were specifically under the control of the diocese and bishop.

Bishops of Edmonton

NameDatesNotes
1stHenry Gray1914–1931
2ndArthur Burgett1932–1940
3rdWalter Barfoot1941–1954Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1950-1959
4thHoward Clark1954–1961Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1959-1971
5thGerald Burch1962–1976
6thJohn Langstone1976–1979
7thKent Clarke1980–1987Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, 1986–1987
8thKen Genge1988–1996
9thVictoria Matthews1997–2007Anglican Diocese of Christchurch 2008–2018
10thJane Alexander2008–2020