October 10, 2007

Bishops of Newfoundland

Filed under: Newfoundland

Diocese of NewfoundlandThe Diocese of Newfoundland was separated from Nova Scotia, and formed into a separate jurisdiction in 1839. Until 1925 it included Bermuda. The diocese was split into three dioceses in 1975, Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, Central Newfoundland, Western Newfoundland.

Aubrey George Spencer (1793-1872)
Bishop: 1839 - 1843
Edward Feild (1801-1876)
Bishop: 1844 - 1876
James Butler Knill Kelly (1832-1907)
Bishop: 1876 - 1877
Llewellyn Jones (1840-1918)   Bishop: 1878 - 1917
William Charles White (1873-1943)   Bishop: 1918 - 1942
Philip Selwyn Abraham (1897-1955)   Bishop: 1942 - 1955
John Alfred Meaden (-)   Bishop: 1956 - 1965
Robert Lowder Seaborn (1911-1993)   Bishop: 1965-1975
Metropolitan of Canada: 1975-1980

With the splitting of the Diocese into three in 1975, Robert Lowder Seaborn became Archbishop of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, a position he held until 1980.

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