Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador | |
---|---|
Information | |
Rite | Anglican |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John's |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Geoff Peddle |
Website | |
anglicanenl.net |
The Anglican Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador is one of seven dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada in the Anglican Church of Canada. As of 2012 the diocese had 50,000 members in 81 congregations organised in 35 parishes. The most widely spread parish has thirteen congregations.
In 1976 the Diocese of Newfoundland was reorganised and three autonomous dioceses were created: Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, Central Newfoundland, and Western Newfoundland.