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Other cities in the diocese are Red Deer, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. There are about 7,500 Anglicans on the rolls of the 67 parishes in the diocese, according to the most recent figures published by the church, with an average Sunday attendance of nearly 2,500. [1] Greg Kerr-Wilson
The town is 103 km (64 mi) southeast of Medicine Hat, Alberta, and 40 km (25 mi) north of the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park on Highway 21 and 8 km (5.0 mi) south of the Trans-Canada Highway. Maple Creek runs along the west side of town. The administrative headquarters of the Nekaneet Cree Nation is 37 km (23 mi) southeast of Maple Creek. [5]
The name "Medicine Hat" is an English interpretation of Saamis (SA-MUS) – the Blackfoot word for the eagle tail feather headdress worn by medicine men. [14] Several legends are associated with the name of a mythical mer-man river serpent named Soy-yee-daa-bee – the Creator – who appeared to a hunter and instructed him to sacrifice his wife to get mystical powers which were manifested in ...
The provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada are headed by metropolitan bishops, elected from among the provinces' diocesan bishops, who then become archbishops of their own diocese and the metropolitan of their province. The current metropolitan of the Province of the Northern Lights is Greg Kerr-Wilson who is the Archbishop of Calgary.
About 8,400 people are identified as Anglican on parish rolls, although attendance is much lower at less than 1,000 in 2022. In addition to the roles of diocesan bishop and indigenous bishop, there were nine paid priests and one paid deacon active in the diocese in 2022 and seven non-stipendiary priests and nine non-stipendiary deacons. [1]
Alberta: St. James' Cathedral: Peace River: David Greenwood: 1874, from Rupert's Land diocese [14] 17 896 306 Saskatchewan: Northern Lights Saskatchewan St. Alban's Cathedral: Prince Albert: Diocesan Bishop: Richard Reed Indigenous Bishop: Adam Halkett 1874, from Rupert's Land diocese [14] 22 8,417 915 Niagara: Ontario Ontario Christ's Church ...
This is a list of Anglican churches that are notable as congregations or as church buildings or both.. The Anglican Communion is an international association of churches consisting of the Church of England and of national and regional Anglican churches (and a few other episcopal churches) in full communion with it [1] There is no single "Anglican Church" with universal juridical authority as ...
Seven Persons is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Cypress County. [2] It is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Medicine Hat on Highway 3 and has an elevation of 755 metres (2,477 ft). The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 1 and in the federal riding of Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner.