Anglican Network in Canada
| Anglican Network in Canada Réseau Anglicane au Canada |
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| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Anglican Church in North America |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 72 |
| Members | c. 6500 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Anglican |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Charles Masters |
| Website | |
| anglicannetwork.ca | |
The Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) is a Canadian church established in 2005 under the jurisdiction of the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone, a province of the Anglican Communion. It was a founding diocese of the Anglican Church in North America in June 2009. It comprises 72 parishes in nine Canadian provinces, Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Québec, and two American states, Massachusetts and Vermont. The Canadian provinces with more parishes are British Columbia, with 24, and Ontario, with 26. Their first Moderator Bishop was Don Harvey, from 2009 to 2014, when he was succeeded by Charlie Masters.
The Anglican Network in Canada aims to represent orthodox Anglicanism in Canada as an alternative to the liberal leaning theology of the Anglican Church of Canada, in particular to their views on homosexuality and blessing of same-sex unions. The Anglican Network in Canada is a major Canadian constituent of the Anglican realignment movement. The irregular nature of ANiC makes it the 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. The Anglican Network in Canada is under the ecclesiastical oversight of the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America, it also holds a position in the house of bishops in the Anglican Church in North America. At present, the Anglican Church of North America is in the process of trying to gain admittance into and obtaining official recognition from the Anglican Communion. Until that may happen, the Anglican Network in Canada will hold a “dual citizenship” in both the ACNA and the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone.
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