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The Diocese of Niagara is one of thirty dioceses in the Anglican Church of Canada. The see city of the diocese is Hamilton with the Bishop's seat being located at Christ Church Cathedral on James Street North. Located within the eccleisastical province of Ontario, it borders the Dioceses of Huron & Toronto. The area enclosed by the Diocese of Niagara includes much of the Golden Horseshoe, and moves north to include Erin and Orangeville as far as Whitfield. Moving sharply south the line includes Mount Forest and widens, south-westerly to include Elora and Guelph. Skirting Brantford and the Territory of the Six Nations Confederacy, the line then travels, again, south-westerly to Nanticoke and Lake Erie to include the entire Niagara Peninsula. Major urban centres within its borders are St. Catharines, Hamilton, Guelph, Oakville, Burlington, and Orangeville. Anglican Church of Canada The Anglican Church of Canada (the ACC) is the Canadian branch of the Anglican Communion. ... Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Area: 1,117. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English, French (in some areas) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 4th... ... Erin (population 11,000) is a town in Wellington County, approximately 80 kilometres northwest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = No Motto Area: 15. ... Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada population 4,585 (2001) is located in the Township of Wellington North, County of Wellington. ... Elora on the Grand River Elora is a village in Ontario, Canada, with a population of 4,546 (according to the 2001 census). ... Guelph (pronounced gwÄ›lf) (2004 population 125,872, metropolitan population 155,635) is a city located in southwestern Ontario, Canada, roughly 100 kilometres north-west of downtown Toronto at the intersection of Ontario provincial highway 6 and Ontario provincial highway 7. ... Brantford (2001 population 86,417)[1] is a city located on the Grand River in southwestern Ontario, Canada. ... Lake Erie, looking southward from a high rural bluff near Leamington, Ontario Lake Erie (pronounced ) is one of the five large freshwater Great Lakes in North America, which are among the largest in the world. ... The Niagara Peninsula is the portion of Ontario, Canada lying on the south shore of Lake Ontario. ... Location of St. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Avancez (from French meaning Advance). Established: Date month, year Area: 138. ... Burlington (2001 population 150,836)[1] is located in the Golden Horseshoe, across the Lake Ontario and Burlington Bay harbour from Hamilton, in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. ...

The current Bishop of Niagara is the Right Rev'd D. Ralph Spence.

The are just over 100 congregations within the diocese served by approximately 125 licensed clergy. The diocese divided into six regional deaneries: Brock, Lincoln, Mohawk, Undermount, Greater Wellington and Trafalgar. Each deanery is overseen by a Regional Archdeacon.

History

The origins of the Diocese of Niagara begin with St Mark’s Church in Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake), the former capital of Upper Canada. The parish was founded in 1790 as Loyalist immigrants arrived, from the former American colonies, in what would be the province of Ontario. At this time the area which would become Niagara, was part of the Diocese of Quebec, and was subsequently handed over to the Diocese of Toronto upon its formation. Niagara-on-the-Lake in the Niagara Region Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara-on-the-Lake (2001 population 13,839) is a town where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. ... Map of Upper Canada (orange) Upper Canada was a British territory in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Loyalists (often capitalized L) were British North American colonists who remained loyal subjects of the British crown during the American Revolution. ...

The diocese was formed by an act of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada; 39 Vic Chapter 107 in 1875. Royal assent was given in 1876. The first bishop was Thomas Brock Fuller, Archdeacon of Niagara and godson of Sir Isaac Brock, the hero of the Battle of Queenston Heights. The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada was the legislature for the province of Upper Canada, which later became the province of Ontario. ... This article refers to the British general. ... Combatants Britain United States Commanders Isaac Brock † Roger Sheaffe Stephen Van Rensselaer Strength 1,300 regulars, militia, and natives 6,000 regulars and militia Casualties 14 dead 77 wounded 300 dead or wounded 925 captured {{{notes}}} The Battle of Queenston Heights was a battle of the War of 1812 which...

In 2004, diocesan synod approved the blessing of same-sex unions, but the decision was vetoed by Bishop Spence. Nonetheless, the local Roman Catholic Bishops decided against participating in an annual ecumenical service with the Anglicans of Niagara, although agreed to continue their participation at a joint study day for Lutherans, Roman Catholics and Anglicans the following year. The blessing of same-sex unions is a practice officially sanctioned in some parishes of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church in the USA. It is also, according to the current Anglican Primate of Canada, widely practised in parishes of other churches of the Anglican Communion, without...

The Bishops of Niagara

• Thomas Brock Fuller
• George C. Hamilton
• John Philip Du Moulin
• William R. Clark
• Derwyn T. Owen
• Lewis W. B. Broughall
• Walter E. Bagnall
• John C. Bothwell
• Walter E. Asbil
• D. Ralph Spence, present Bishop of Niagara

External links

• Diocese of Niagara