Diocese of The Arctic

The Diocese of The Arctic is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is by far the largest of the thirty dioceses in Canada, comprising almost 4,000,000 km2 (1,500,000 sq mi), or one-third the land mass of the country. As the name indicates, the diocese encompasses the Arctic region of Canada including the entirety of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the Nunavik region of northern Quebec. The see city is Iqaluit, Nunavut, and the diocese's nearly 34,000 Anglicans (roughly one-third of the total population) are served by 48 parishes. The administrative offices of the diocese are located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

Diocese of The Arctic
Church emblem in Yellowknife
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceRupert's Land
Coordinates63°44′51″N 068°31′00″W
Statistics
Parishes48 (2022)
Members33,889 (2022)
Information
RiteAnglican
CathedralSt. Jude's Cathedral, Iqaluit
Current leadership
BishopDavid W. Parsons
SuffragansJoey Royal, Annie Ittoshat, Lucy Netser.
Website
www.arcticnet.org

The diocese is well known for its igloo-shaped cathedral, St. Jude's, which was destroyed by fire in 2005 but subsequently rebuilt and opened in 2012. It maintains a theological school, the Arthur Turner Training School in Iqaluit. In 1996, Paul Idlout became the first Inuk bishop in the world (as suffragan bishop).

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