December 19, 2007

Bishops of Yukon

Filed under: Yukon

Diocese of YukonThe Diocese of Yukon covers the Yukon Territory. It was formed in 1890, under the name of the Diocese of Selkirk, out of the northern portion of the Diocese of Mackenzie River. It was renamed to the Diocese of Yukon in 1907. Since 1943, it has been part of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon having formerly been part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert’s Land.

William Carpenter Bompas (1844-1906)
Bishop of Selkirk: 1890 – 31st Oct 1905
Isaac O. Stringer (1866-1934)
Bishop of Selkirk/Yukon: 17th Dec 1905 – Dec 1931
Metropolitan of Rupert’s Land: 1931 - 1934
Arthur Henry Soveriegn (1881-1966)
Bishop of Yukon: Jan – Sept 1932
William ‘Archibald’ Geddes (1894-1947)
Bishop of Yukon: May 1934 - 1947
Walter Robert Adams (1844-1906)
Bishop of Yukon: 1947 – 1952 (1st Archbishop of Yukon)
Metropolitan of British Columbia & Yukon: 1947 – 1952
Thomas Greenwood (1903-1974)
Bishop of Yukon: 1952 – 1962
Henry Hooper Marsh (1898-1995)
Bishop of Yukon: 1962 – 1967
John Timothy Frame (1930-)
Bishop of Yukon: 25th Jan 1968 – 15th Oct 1981
Ronald Curry Ferris (-)
Bishop of Yukon: 1981 – 23rd Feb 1995
Terrence Owen Buckle (1940-)
Bishop of Yukon: 1995 - present
Metropolitan of British Columbia & Yukon: 2005 - present

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