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The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada is the chief governing and legislative body of the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC), the sole Canadian representative of the Anglican Communion. The first General Synod session was held in Toronto in 1893, with the proviso that the parameters of its authority would not undermine the local ...
This is a list of archives in Canada. These archives , for the purposes of this list, are entities in Canada that work to acquire, preserve, and make available material as documentary evidence about a person, community, business, government, municipality, etc., for future generations. [ 1 ]
The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada was founded in 1860, originally consisting of the four dioceses in the then civil Province of Canada (Upper and Lower Canada, i.e. modern Ontario and Quebec, respectively) under the metropolitical authority of the Bishop of Montreal. The province was expanded in 1870 and 1871 to include New Brunswick and ...
Even so, the first General Synod for all of Canada was not held until 1893. That first synod made the Solemn Declaration 1893, which declares that the Church of England in the Dominion of Canada is "in full communion with the Church of England throughout the world, . . . and in fellowship of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church".
No. Image Name Dates Notes 1: George Hills: 1859–1892: 2: William Perrin: 1893–1911: 3: Charles Roper: 1912–1915: Bishop of Ottawa 1915–1939, Metropolitan of Ontario 1933–39 : 4: Augustine Scriven
The 1962 revision added twenty-six post-Reformation individuals, as well as commemorations of the first General Synod and of "The Founders, Benefactors, and Missionaries of the Church in Canada." Of the calendar days, twenty-eight were highlighted as "red-letter days" — that is, days of required observation.
No. Name Dates Notes 1 Cyprian Pinkham: 1888–1927 2 Louis Sherman: 1927–1943 3 Harry Ragg: 1943–1952 4 George Calvert: 1952–~1967 5 Morse Goodman
The governing body of the Reformed Church in America, a Calvinist denomination in the United States and Canada, is known as the General Synod. Kirkemøtet, the governing body of the Church of Norway, is normally translated as General Synod. It convenes once a year, and consists of 85 representatives, of whom seven or eight are sent from each of ...