Diocese of The Arctic | |
|---|---|
 Church emblem in Yellowknife | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Northern Lights |
| Coordinates | 63°44′51″N 068°31′00″W / 63.74750°N 68.51667°W |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 48 (2022)[1] |
| Members | 33,889 (2022)[1] |
| Information | |
| Rite | Anglican |
| Cathedral | St. Jude's Cathedral, Iqaluit |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | David W. Parsons |
| Suffragans | Joey Royal, Annie Ittoshat, Lucy Netser. |
| Website | |
| www.arcticnet.org | |
The Diocese of The Arctic is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is by far the largest of the thirty dioceses in Canada, comprising almost 4,000,000 km2 (1,500,000 sq mi), or one-third the land mass of the country.[2] As the name indicates, the diocese encompasses the Arctic region of Canada including the entirety of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the Nunavik region of northern Quebec.[2][3] The see city is Iqaluit, Nunavut, and the diocese's nearly 34,000 Anglicans (roughly one-third of the total population) are served by 48 parishes.[1] The administrative offices of the diocese are located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
The diocese is well known for its igloo-shaped cathedral, St. Jude's, which was destroyed by fire in 2005 but subsequently rebuilt and opened in 2012.[4] It maintains a theological school, the Arthur Turner Training School in Iqaluit.[5] In 1996, Paul Idlout became the first Inuk bishop of the diocese (as suffragan bishop).
- ^ a b c Elliot, Neil (15 March 2024). "Dioceses of the ACC – by numbers". Numbers Matters. (Neil Elliot is the statistics officer for the Anglican Church of Canada.). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
historywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Map of the diocese
- ^ St.Jude's Anglican Cathedral
- ^ Arthur Turner Training School