Anglican Diocese of Canada

Anglican realignment diocese in Canada

Anglican Diocese of Canada
Diocèse anglican du Canada

Location
Ecclesiastical province| Anglican Church in North America
Statistics
Parishes| 76 (2023)[1]
Members| 5,847 (2023)[1]
Information
Rite| Anglican
Current leadership
Diocesan bishop| Dan Gifford
Suffragans| Mike Stewart
Stephen Leung
Website
dioceseofcanada.ca

Not to be confused with Anglican Church of Canada or List of dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada.

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* Anglican Church of Chile
* Church of the Province of Myanmar
* Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo

Associations

* American Anglican Council
* Anglican Coalition in Canada
* Anglican Communion Network
* Anglican Network in Canada
* Anglican Network in Europe
* Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas
* Forward in Faith
* Global Anglican Future Conference
* Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans

Related churches

* Anglican Mission in the Americas
* Anglican Province of America
* Convocation of Anglicans in North America
* Episcopal Missionary Church
* Reformed Episcopal Church

People

* Peter Akinola
* Glenn Davies
* Robert Duncan
* Drexel Gomez
* Peter Jensen
* Andy Lines
* Gregory Venables

Issues

* Windsor Report
* Ordination of women
* Homosexuality and the Anglican Communion

Related topics

* Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches
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* Personal ordinariate
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The Anglican Diocese of Canada (formerly known as the Anglican Network in Canada, or ANiC) is the Canadian diocese of the Anglican Church in North America. Established in 2005, prior to becoming a founding diocese of the ACNA, it originated as a group of congregations and clergy that had left the Anglican Church of Canada to affiliate temporarily with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone, a province of the Anglican Communion. In 2024, the diocese formally adopted its current name.[2]

## Structure

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The Anglican Network in Canada aimed to "remain faithful to established Christian doctrine and Anglican practice"[3] and represent what it regards as orthodox Anglicanism in Canada. ANiC is a major Canadian constituent of the Anglican realignment movement. The irregular nature of ANiC makes it the geographically largest Anglican diocese in the world, covering the entire territory of Canada and a small pocket in the northeastern United States, in Massachusetts and Vermont.[4] The Anglican Network in Canada is a diocese within the Anglican Church in North America.

## Beliefs

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The stated mission of the Anglican Network in Canada is to "Build Biblically faithful, Gospel sharing, Anglican Churches". The network desires to build new churches and expand existing churches that it believes will be fully Anglican, biblically faithful, evangelizing and discipling.[5]

The Anglican Network upholds what it believes to be the historical, biblical and traditional Christian beliefs found in the Anglican tradition pertaining to the Holy Trinity, sexuality, and authority of Christian scripture. ANiC also affirms the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral of 1886/1888 and the Jerusalem Declaration of GAFCON 2008.[6] While women can be ordained as deacons or priests they cannot be ordained as bishops. The diocese does not bless same-sex unions or marriages. They also oppose abortion and euthanasia.[7]

## Worship style

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Most churches within the Anglican Diocese of Canada worship based on the liturgy and practices of the Book of Common Prayer 2019, developed by the Anglican Church in North America. Most parishes celebrate Holy Communion (Eucharist) at least once a week, with many churches holding multiple services.

Within ANiC there exists a wide diversity of worship and music styles. There are some churches in ANiC which identify as high church and Anglo-Catholic, while there are churches at the other end of the spectrum which identify as low church and evangelical[8] and some which would be described as more charismatic. Music in their services can very from hymns and songs led by organ, piano, guitars, or full orchestras and choirs.

## Leadership

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Since 2007, the diocesan bishops (previously called "moderator bishops") of ANIC have been:

1. Don Harvey (2007–2014)
2. Charlie Masters (2014–2022)
3. Dan Gifford (2022–present)

ANIC's suffragan bishops have included Masters, who served as area bishop for eastern Canada from 2009 until his election as diocesan bishop in 2014; Trevor Walters, who was area bishop for western Canada from 2009 to 2022; Stephen Leung, who since 2009 has been suffragan bishop for Asian and multicultural ministry; and Mike Stewart, who has been area bishop for western Canada since 2024.

ANIC is also canonical residence for several retired bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada, including William Anderson of Caledonia, Terry Buckle of Yukon, Ronald Ferris of Yukon and Algoma and ANIC assisting bishop for church planting,[9] and Malcolm Harding of Brandon.

One prominent member of the Anglican Network in Canada was J. I. Packer, who was a leading theologian in the Anglican and North American evangelical world. He was a longtime honorary assistant at St. John's Vancouver and a professor of theology at Regent College. During his lifetime, Packer was canon theologian emeritus of ANIC.[10][11]

## Parishes

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As of 2023, the Anglican Diocese in Canada had 76 parishes. Notable parishes in the diocese include:

Church  | Image  | City  | Year founded  | Year completed  | Notes

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Church of Our Lord |  | Victoria, British Columbia | 1875  | 1975  | Previously a member of the Reformed Episcopal Church
St. Peter and St. Paul's Anglican Church |  | Ottawa, Ontario | 1885  | pre-1885  | Previously St. George's Anglican Church
Anglican Church of the Good Samaritan |  | St. John's, Newfoundland | 2008  | 1959  |
St. John's Vancouver |  | Vancouver, British Columbia | 2011  | N/A  | Separated from St. John's Shaughnessy

## Ecumenical relations

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### Reaction to Roman Catholic personal ordinariates

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In October 2009, ANiC's leadership reacted to the Roman Catholic Church's proposed creation of personal ordinariates for disaffected traditionalist Anglicans by saying that this provision would probably not have a great impact on its laity and clergy, who are satisfied with the Anglican realignment movement.[12] In June 2013, at least one priest from the ANIC denomination has accepted the offer to become a Catholic priest.[13] Furthermore, Bishop Don Harvey stated that "Apart from being an intrusion at the very highest levels of one major church into the internal affairs of another, under the guise of being ecumenical, this invitation offers very little that is new."[14]

### Relations with other churches

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ANiC is a member of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. ANiC has established ecumenical contacts with the Lutheran Church-Canada.[15] It is also has been involved in ecumenical dialogue with other Lutheran and Christian church bodies as part of the ACNA.

## See also

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* Anglican Essentials Canada

## References

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1. ^ a b "Congregational Reporting: 2023 in Review" (PDF). Anglican Church in North America. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
2. ^ "ANiC votes to change its name to the Anglican Diocese of Canada". Anglican Ink. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
3. ^ "Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC)". Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
4. ^ A Short Letter From The Moderator Archived 14 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Anglicannetwork.ca (15 August 2010). Retrieved 25 November 2010.
5. ^ Microsoft Word – ANiC Mission-Vision Statement 2009.doc Archived 14 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (PDF). Retrieved 25 November 2010.
6. ^ St. Paul Anglican Bible Church, Stoney Creek, ON Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Stpaulabc.ca. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
7. ^ "Anglicans for Life Canada at Anglicans for Life Official Website". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
8. ^ Who we are Archived 10 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Holytrinitymarlborough.org. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
9. ^ Leadership team Archived 5 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Anglicannetwork.ca. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
10. ^ Vancouver, The. (26 April 2008) Influential evangelical theologian latest to split with Anglican Church. Canada.com. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
11. ^ Leadership team – The Rev Canon Dr J.I. Packer Archived 14 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Anglicannetwork.ca. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
12. ^ "Conservative Anglicans cool to Pope's unity offer".
13. ^ "A new Catholic priest for Calgary". 9 June 2013.
14. ^ "Invite from Rome 'offensive,' says Anglican bishop | The Star". The Toronto Star. 12 November 2009.
15. ^ "Anglican Network in Canada bishop visits LCC office". Canadian Lutheran. 28 March 2012.

## External links

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* Official website

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Christianity in Canada

* Canadian Council of Churches
* Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

Eastern Christianity

| Eastern Orthodox
(Main article)|

| Eastern Orthodox Church|

| Constantinople|

* American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
* Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada
* Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada

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Antiochian|

* Archdiocese of North America

Bulgarian|

* Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia

Serbian|

* Eparchy of Canada

Russian|

* Outside of Russia
* Patriarchial Parishes in Canada

Romanian|

* Metropolis of the Americas

Macedonian|

* Diocese of America and Canada

American|

* Orthodox Church in America
* Romanian Diocese

True Orthodox|

* Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of North and South America and the British Isles
* Holy Orthodox Church in North America

Independent|

* American World Patriarchs
* Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia
* Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodox
(Main article)|

| Alexandria|

* Coptic Orthodox Church in Canada

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Armenian|

| Etchmiadzin|

* Armenian Diocese of Canada

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Cilicia|

* Armenian Prelacy of Canada

Syriac|

| Antioch|

* Jacobite Malankara Archdiocese of North America

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Malankara|

* Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Northeast America

Eastern Catholic|

| Armenian|

* Armenian Catholic Church

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Alexandrian|

* Coptic Catholic Church

Byzantine|

* Melkite Greek Catholic Church
* Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

East Syriac|

* Chaldean Catholic Church
* Syro-Malabar Church

West Syriac|

* Maronite Church
* Syriac Catholic Church
* Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Eastern Protestant|

* Mar Thoma Syrian Church

Western Christianity

| Catholic|

| Latin Church|

* Anglican Catholic Ordinariate
* Roman Catholic Church

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Old Catholic[a]|

* Polish National Catholic Church

Proto-Protestant|

| Hussite|

* Moravian Church in North America

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Protestant
(Main article)|

| United|

* Evangelical Missionary Church[b]
* United Church of Canada

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Lutheran|

* Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations
* Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
* Lutheran Church – Canada[b]
* Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (English and SELC Districts)
* North American Lutheran Church

Calvinist|

| Continental
Reformed|

* Canadian and American Reformed Churches
* Christian Reformed Church in North America[b]
* Free Reformed Churches of North America
* Heritage Reformed Congregations
* Netherlands Reformed Congregations
* Reformed Church in America[b]
* Reformed Congregations in North America
* United Reformed Churches in North America

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Presbyterian|

* Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
* L'Église réformée du Québec (Reformed Church of Quebec)[b]
* Free Presbyterian Church of North America
* Orthodox Presbyterian Church
* Presbyterian Church in America
* Presbyterian Church in Canada[c]
* Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America

Congregationalist|

* Congregational Christian Churches in Canada[b]

Anglican|

| Communion|

* Anglican Church of Canada[c]

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Continuing|

* Anglican Catholic Church of Canada[b]

Realignment|

* Anglican Church in North America[b]

Anabaptist|

* Brethren in Christ Church[b]
* Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches[b]
* Evangelical Mennonite Conference[b]
* Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference[b]
* Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches[b]
* Mennonite Church Canada[b]
* The United Brethren Church In Canada[b]

Radical Pietism|

* Evangelical Covenant Church[b]
* Evangelical Free Church of Canada[b]

Baptist
(Main article)|

| General|

* Baptist General Conference of Canada[b]
* Canadian Baptist Ministries[b]
* Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec
* Canadian Baptists of Western Canada
* Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada
* Union of French Baptist Churches of Canada
* Canadian National Baptist Convention[b]
* Primitive Baptist Conference of New Brunswick, Maine and Nova Scotia
* The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada[b]
* Landmark Missionary Baptist Association of Quebec
* North American Baptist Conference
* Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention of Canada

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Reformed|

* Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada

Regular|

* Covenanted Baptist Church of Canada

Methodist|

* British Methodist Episcopal Church
* Church of the Nazarene[b]
* Free Methodist Church in Canada[b]
* Salvation Army[b]
* Wesleyan Church[b]

Pentecostal|

| Trinitarian|

* Apostolic Church of Pentecost
* Canadian Assemblies of God[b]
* Christian Ministers' Association
* Church of God Canada[b]
* French World Christian Fellowship
* Independent Assemblies of God, International[b]
* International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies
* Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada[b]
* Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador[b]
* The Foursquare Church[b]
* The Pentecostal Holiness Church of Canada[b]

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Oneness|

* United Pentecostal Church International

Charismatic|

* Evangelical Orthodox Church
* Vineyard Canada[b]

Higher Life|

* The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada[b]

Other|

* Associated Gospel Churches of Canada[b]

Restorationism|

| Stone–Campbell|

* Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
* Evangelical Christian Church in Canada

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Mormonism|

* Church of Jesus Christ Restored
* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada

Unitarian|

* Canadian Unitarian Council

1. ^ Not in communion with the rest of the Catholic Church, part of the Union of Scranton
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai Part of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
3. ^ a b Observer member of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

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Anglican Church in North America

Structure|

| Organization|

* Dioceses
* List of bishops (archbishops)
* Reformed Episcopal Church

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Dioceses and
jurisdictions|

* All Nations
* All Saints
* Armed Forces and Chaplaincy
* Canada
* Carolinas
* Cascadia
* Central States (REC)
* Christ Our Hope
* C4SO
* Fort Worth
* Great Lakes
* Gulf Atlantic
* Living Word
* Mid-America (REC)
* Mid-Atlantic
* New England
* Northeast and Mid-Atlantic (REC)
* Pittsburgh
* Rocky Mountains
* Quincy
* San Joaquin
* South
* South Carolina
* Southeast (REC)
* Southwest
* Upper Midwest
* Western Anglicans
* Western Gulf Coast

Ministry partners|

* American Anglican Council
* Anglicans for Life
* Church Army USA
* Forward in Faith North America

Recognized
seminaries|

* Nashotah House
* Reformed Episcopal Seminary
* Trinity Anglican Seminary
* Asbury Theological Seminary
* Beeson Divinity School
* Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary
* Regent College

Global
affiliations|

* GAFCON
* Global South

Other|

* Anglican realignment
* Book of Common Prayer (2019)
* Christ Church Plano (provincial pro-cathedral)
* Global Anglican Future Conference

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