St. Matthew's Anglican Church (Ottawa)
| St. Matthew's Anglican Church | |
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| Location | 217 First Avenue Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 2G5 |
| Denomination | Anglican Church of Canada |
| Churchmanship | Protestant |
| Weekly attendance | 160-180 |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Dedication | St. Matthew |
| Dedicated | Dec. 21, 1930 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Active |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Cecil Burgess |
| Architectural type | Modified English Gothic |
| Style | orthodox cruciform plan |
| Groundbreaking | May 4, 1929 |
| Completed | Nov. 28, 1930 |
| Construction cost | $300,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Limestone, slate, oak, plaster, fir, stained glass |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St Matthew's in the Glebe |
| Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Ottawa |
| Province | Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario |
| Presbytery | Ottawa Presberty |
| District | Ottawa |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Rev. Pat Johnson |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Kirkland Adsett |
| Music group(s) | Choir of Men & Boys; Choir of Women & Girls |
St. Matthew's Anglican Church is an Anglican church in the Glebe neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1898 to serve the growing area it is the fifth oldest Anglican parish in central Ottawa after St. Alban's, St. Bartholomew's, Trinity, and Ascension. It is a registered charity # 108084658RR0078 providing spiritual worship, spiritual guidance, pastoral care, and community outreach.
For most of the 19th Century, the diocesan organization for Anglican churches in and around Ottawa was remote. Authority in the Church of England was administered first from Halifax, Nova Scotia then from Kingston, Ontario. In 1896 the northern and eastern parts of the Diocese of Ontario (Kingston) became the separate diocese of Ottawa and had its own bishop. The new diocese covered an area of almost 18,000 square miles, including eight counties and most of the district of Nipissing reaching west into Algonquin Park. It started with 51 parishes serving 30,000 people.
St. Matthew's Anglican parish was established after the creation of the Diocese of Ottawa. The late Archbishop Hamilton was the first bishop of the new diocese, of which he was a native having been born in Hawkesbury. Because of his many years in Quebec City, Archbishop Hamilton chose St. Matthew’s for the first parish he created in his new diocese of Ottawa.
After his consecration he quickly noted the growth of Ottawa southward and took immediately to fill the needs of church people and he also laid the cornerstone on July 6, 1888. Bishop Hamilton appointed Rev. J. A. Tancock as rector in February 1888 and the first service in the newly formed parish was held in July 1888 in the newly dedicated church. The service was held in what was known as Moorland’s Hall on the south east corner of Bank Street and Fourth Avenue on January 13, 1888 and attended by 15 persons: Mrs. Clara M. Clarke & Miss E.L. Hammon, Mrs. J. P. Enston, Mrs. C. X. Bowse, Miss Emma Coyles, Master George Coyles and Mrs. H. X. Marshall and Mrs. Joseph Roy. The first hymn sung was "The Church's One Foundation". Miss E.L. Hammon was on the organ and the singing was by Mrs. Clara M. Clarke. When collection, time came there were no plates, so Mr. Moreland went down to the store and brought two plates up which were used.
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