Anglican Diocese of Edmonton


The Diocese of Edmonton is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights 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 7,000 Anglicans on parish rolls are served by 53 parishes, according to the most recent figures published by the Anglican Church of Canada.
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.
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

No.ImageNameDatesNotes
1Henry Gray1914–1931
2Arthur Burgett1932–1940
3Walter Barfoot1941–1954Primate of the [Anglican Church of Canada] 1950-1959
4Howard Clark1954–1961Primate of the [Anglican Church of Canada] 1959-1971
5Gerald Burch1962–1976
6John Langstone1976–1979
7Kent Clarke1980–1987Metropolitan of Rupert's Land, 1986–1987
8Ken Genge1988–1996
9Victoria Matthews1997–2007Anglican Diocese of Christchurch 2008–2018
10Jane Alexander2008–2021
11Stephen London2021–Consecrated Sept 18, 2021