Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

The first recorded Anglican services in Nova Scotia were held in Annapolis Royal on October 10, 1710, and in Cape Breton Island in 1745. The Diocese was created on 11 August 1787 by Letters Patent of George III which "erected the Province of Nova Scotia into a bishop's see" and these also named Charles Inglis as first bishop of the see. The diocese was the first Church of England see created outside England and Wales (i.e. the first colonial diocese). At this point, the see covered present-day New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. From 1825 to 1839, it included the nine parishes of Bermuda, subsequently transferred to the Diocese of Newfoundland. In 1842, her jurisdiction was described as "Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island". In 1849, Archdeacon R. Willis was stationed at Halifax. In 1866, there were two archdeaconries: George McCawley was Archdeacon of Nova Scotia and J. Herbert Read of Prince Edward's Island. Churches in the diocese that are designated heritage sites include: • St. John's Anglican Church (Lunenburg) • All Souls' Chapel (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) • Holy Trinity Anglican Church (Alma, Prince Edward Island) • St. George's Anglican Church (Parrsboro, Nova Scotia) • St. John's Anglican Church (Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia) • St. James' Anglican Church (Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia) • St. George's Anglican Church (Sydney, Nova Scotia) ==Statistics==

Based on the parochial reports from the year 2014 the diocese consists of 239 congregations grouped in 94 parishes, within 10 regions, each having a Regional Dean and an Archdeacon with a total membership of 24,400 people. Of the diocesan clergy 74 are parish Rectors, 19 are Priests in Charge, 101 are retired (many of whom still serve in one or other capacity -including being in charge of a parish). There are two retired bishops, 11 military chaplains; 1 health care chaplain; 2 full-time faculty and the President at the Atlantic School of Theology; 1 full-time University Chaplain and 2 part-time University Chaplains; and 1 Prison Chaplain. The diocese has a successful non-stipendiary clergy programme; currently there are 28 priests and 11 Deacons with that status. There are 330 lay readers trained to administer the sacraments at public services presided by a priest, preach, lead public worship in the absence of clergy, and other pastoral functions. ==List of bishops==

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia & PEI ==Parishes==

PARISHES IN THE DIOCESE OF NOVA SCOTIA AND PEI THAT HAVE WEBPAGES: • Aylesford and Berwick [St Mary's Auburn; Christ Church Berwick; Christ Church Morden] • Birch Cove St Peter's • Blandford [St. Barnabas Blandford; All Saints' Bayswater; St. Cuthbert's Northwest Cove] • Charlottetown PEI, St Paul's • Charlottetown PEI, St Peter's Cathedral • Chester Parish of St Stephen [St Stephen's Chester; St George's East River; All Saints' Canaan] • Cole Harbour, St Andrew's • Cornwallis [st. John's Port William; St. Michael and All Angels Canning; St. Thomas' Kingsport] • Dartmouth, Christ Church • Dartmouth, Emmanuel • Dartmouth, Holy Spirit • Dartmouth, St Alban • Dartmouth, St Andrew, Port Wallis • Digby, Trinity Church • Eastern Passage, St Peter • French Village • Hackett's Cove [St Peter's Hackett's Cove; St Andrew's Indian Harbour; St John's Peggys Cove; St James' West Dover] • Halifax, All Saints Cathedral • Halifax, St George's • Halifax, St James • Halifax, St John • Halifax, St Mark • Halifax, St Matthias • Halifax, St Paul • Halifax, St Philip • Hatchet Lake [St. Timothy's Hachet Lake; St. Paul's Terence Bay] • Hubbards, St Luke's • Kentville, St James • Lantz [Christ Church Lanz; St George's Dutch Settlement] • Liverpool [Trinity Church Liverpool; St James' Hunts Point; Grace Church Western Head] • Lockeport-Barrington [Church of the Ascension Barrington Passage; Church of the Resurrection Churchover; Holy Trinity Jordan Falls; Holy Cross Lockeport; St. Peter's West Green Harbour] • Lunenburg, St John's • Mahone Bay [St James' Mahone Bay; Christ Church Maitland; Union Church] • Musquodoboit [St Thomas' Musquodoboit Harbour; St James' Head of Jeddore; St George's Ostrea Lake] • New Glasgow, St George's • New London (PEI) [St Stephen's Irishtown; St Mark's Kensington; St Thomas' Spring Brook; St Elizabeth's Springfield] • New Ross • • Petite Riviere and New Dublin [St Peter's West LaHave; St James' LaHave; St John's West Dublin; St Mary's Crousetown; St Michael and All Angels Petite Riviere; St Mark's Broad Cove; St Alban's Vogler's Cove] • Pictou County [St James' Pictou; St George's New Glasgow; St Alban's Thorburn; St Augustine's Trenton; Christ Church Stellarton; St Bee's Westville] • Port Wallace, St Andrew's • Pugwash, All Souls' • Rawdon [St Paul's Centre Rawdon; St Stephen's Stanley; St David's Upper Rawdon; St James' Gore; Union Church Rawdon Gold Mines] • Sackville, St John the Evangelist • Seaforth [Christ Church; St Augustine's; St Barnabas'; St James'; St Mark's] • Shelburne, Christ Church • Spryfield, Emmanuel • Stellarton, Christ Church • Timberlea-Lakeside, St Andrew's • Three Harbours [St. Paul's Antigonish, St. Mary's Bayfield, Holy Trinity Country Harbour] • Western Shore Parish of St Martin's [St John's Chester Basin; St Mary's Gold River; St Mark's Martin's Point; St Martin's Martin's River] • Westphal, St John • Westwood Hills, St Nicholas' • Holy Trinity, Middleton, All Saints, Kingston • Yarmouth, Holy Trinity ==References==