November 22, 2007

Bishops of Keewatin

Filed under: Keewatin

Diocese of KeewatinThe Diocese of Keewatin came into being in 1902. Prior to that time the territory that it now occupies was part of the both the Diocese of Moosonee and the Diocese of Rupert’s Land. In 1902 the diocese stretched all the way from the border with the USA in the south to the far reaches of the Arctic in the north. When the Diocese of the Arctic was formed in 1930 the Diocese of Keewatin gave up its territory north of Churchill.

Joseph Lofthouse Sr   Bishop: 1902 - 1921
Alfred D. Dewdney   Bishop: 1921 - 1938
Joseph Lofthouse Jr   Bishop: 1938 - 1953
Harry E. Hives   Bishop: 1954 - 1968
Hugh Stiff   Bishop: 1969 - 1974
H. James P. Allan   Bishop: 1974 - 1991
Thomas W. R. Collings   Bishop: 1991 - 1996
Gordon Beardy
Suffragan Bishop: 1993-1996   Bishop: 1996 - 2001
David Ashdown   Bishop: 2001 - present

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