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Church of England letter patents collection [textual record]
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Record information Church of England letter patents collection [textual record]
Date:1820-1861.Reference:R6665-0-0-E, MG24-J6Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:104462Date(s):1820-1861.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:0.6 cm of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Collection consists of various letter patents relating to the establishment of the Church of England in Canada including: the creation of the archdeaconries of Quebec and York, 27 December 1820; the appointment of the Rev. Saltern Givens to the rectory at Napanee, 21 January 1836, and another appointing Rev. William B. Lander to the same rectory, 25 February 1851; the appointment of the Bishop of Montreal and his successors, 12 February 1861; the creation of the Bishopric of British Columbia, 12 January 1859; and the division of the archdeaconry of York into those of York and Kingston, 21 October 1827.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Church of England. Letters Patent : The first known service in what is now Canada was performed by Robert Wolfall, a chaplain in Sir Martin Frobisher's expedition, in Frobisher Bay on 2 September 1578. Thereafter Anglicanism spread through immigration from the British Isles and the coming of Loyalists after the American Revolution. In the British colonies it was tacitly assumed that the Church of England was the established or "official" church, with the same status and limitations as in the mother country. In early Canada there was no local church organization. Church of England clergy had been sent by the missionary societies or were military chaplains. The governor was the chief ecclesiastical officer and made necessary organizational decisions which might include appointments to parishes and the issue of marriage licences; he had no sacramental or ecclesiastical powers.
The first Anglican bishopric in British North America was that of Nova Scotia, established in 1787 with Loyalist Charles Inglis as bishop. Although he was styled bishop of Nova Scotia, his jurisdiction included Newfoundland, Bermuda, PEI and Lower and Upper Canada. His load was lightened in 1793 with the creation of the Diocese of Québec with Jacob Mountain as bishop. The diocese of Québec was further subdivided in 1839 when John Strachan became the first bishop. During Strachan's episcopate the see was subdivided to form the dioceses of Huron and Ontario. In 1860 the 6 dioceses - Nova Scotia, Québec, Toronto, Fredericton, Montréal and Huron - had combined to form the Provincial Synod of the Church of England and Ireland in Canada. Canadian Encylopedia.Additional information:Location of originals note:Originals of the British Columbia material held by the Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Originals of the letters patent for York and Kingston held by Mr. S.H. Hill, Ottawa, Ont.Dates of creation note:British Columbia material was copied in 1954. The letters patent for York and Kingston was copied in 1923.Subject heading:- Montreal (Quebec) - Clergy
- Clergy - Canada, 1820 George J. Mountain, 1820
- Clergy - Quebec (Province), 1820 George Okill Stewart, 1820
- York (Ont.) - Clergy, 1820
- Archdeacons - Quebec (Province), 1820
- Church of England - Canada, 1820
- Napanee (Ont.) - Clergy, 1836, 1851
- Napanee (Ont.) - Church of England, 1836, 1851
- Church of England - Bishops, 1861
- Bishops - British Columbia, 1861
- Clergy - British Columbia, 1861
- Kingston (Ont.) - Archdeacons, 1827
- Church of England - Clergy - Appointment, call and election, [18-]
- Church of England - Clergy, [18-]
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