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{{Short description|Diocese of the Anglican Church in Canada}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction     = Diocese
|name             = Fredericton
|rite             = [[Anglicanism|Anglican]]
|image            =Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Fredericton,_New_Brunswick_(2005).jpg
|province         = Canada
|parishes         = 72 (2022)<ref name="acc-stats-dioceses-2022">{{cite web |last1=Elliot |first1=Neil |title=Dioceses of the ACC – by numbers |url=https://numbersmatters.ca/2024/03/15/dioceses-of-the-acc-by-numbers/ |website=Numbers Matters |publisher=(Neil Elliot is the statistics officer for the Anglican Church of Canada.) |access-date=17 March 2024 |date=15 March 2024}}</ref>
|churches         = 
|members          = 9,823 (2022)<ref name="acc-stats-dioceses-2022" />
|bishop           = [[David Edwards (bishop)|David Edwards]]
|cathedral        = [[Christ Church Cathedral (Fredericton)|Christ Church Cathedral]], Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
|archdeaconries   = 
|suffragans       = 
|website          = [http://anglican.nb.ca/ anglican.nb.ca]
|map              = Diocese of Fredericton locator map.png
|map_caption      = Boundaries of the diocese within the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada
}}

The '''Diocese of Fredericton''' is a diocese of the [[Ecclesiastical Province of Canada]] of the [[Anglican Church of Canada]]. Established in 1845, its first bishop was [[John Medley]], who served until his death on September 9, 1892. Its cathedral and diocesan offices are in [[Fredericton, New Brunswick]], Canada.

==Bishops==
* 1845–1892: [[John Medley]]; [[Ecclesiastical Province of Canada|Metropolitan of Canada]], 1879–1892
* 1892–1907: [[Tully Kingdon]]
* 1907–1938: [[John Richardson (Archbishop of Fredericton)|John Richardson]]; Metropolitan of Canada, 1934–1938
* 1939–1956: [[William Moorhead]]
* 1957–1971: [[Henry O'Neil (bishop)|Henry O'Neil]]
* 1971–1989: [[Harold Nutter]]; Metropolitan of Canada, 1980–1989
* 1989–2000: [[George Lemmon]]
* 2000–2003: [[Bill Hockin]]
* 2003–2014: [[Claude Miller (bishop)|Claude Miller]]; Metropolitan of Canada, 2009–2014
* 2014–present: [[David Edwards (bishop)|David Edwards]]; Metropolitan of Canada, 2020–Present

==Archdeacons==
{{expand list|date=August 2018}}

The following have served as [[archdeacons]] of the diocese:<ref name="Announcements">{{cite web |title=Announcements from the Bishop's Office |url=http://anglican.nb.ca/the-bishop/announcements |website=Anglican Diocese of Fredericton |access-date=27 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

'''Archdeacons of St. Andrews'''
* 2001–2003: [[Geoffrey Hall (priest)|Geoffrey Hall]]
* 2014–present: John Matheson

'''Archdeacons of Chatham'''
* 2018–2020: Sandy MacPherson
* 2020–present: Perry Cooper
{{anchor|Archdeacon of Fredericton}}
'''Archdeacons of Fredericton'''
:''[[George Best (priest)|George Best]] held this post 1825–1829<ref>[[Robert Forsyth Scott|Scott, Robert Forsyth]]; [[John E. B. Mayor]] (ed.) ''Admissions to the [[St John's College, Cambridge|College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge]]'' (Cambridge: [[Cambridge University Press|University Press]], 1931) [https://books.google.com/books?id=I3ZCAQAAMAAJ] p. 491</ref> in the [[Diocese of Nova Scotia]], before the erection of Fredericton diocese; Best and Coster were archdeacons for all New Brunswick, and as such were also called Archdeacon of New Brunswick.''
*1829{{snd}}?: George Coster<ref>[[Ernest Hawkins (priest)|Hawkins, Ernest]]. ''Annals of the Diocese of Fredericton'' ([[SPCK]], 1847) [https://books.google.com/books?id=OThfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA73 p. 73]</ref>
*in 1866, there was one archdeaconry and it was vacant<ref>''The Clergy List for 1866'' (London: George Cox, 1866) [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=hIxbAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA450 p. 450]</ref>
* 1907–1932: [[Obadiah Newnham]]
* –2016: Patricia Drummond (formerly at [[New Bandon Parish, New Brunswick|New Bandon]] and subsequently at Woodstock)<ref>[https://www.messychurch.org.uk/tags/regional-coordinators?page=4 Messy Church]</ref><ref>[https://www.unb.ca/alumni/_assets/documents/alumni_news/winter2010.pdf UNB alumni news]</ref><ref>[http://www.parishofbright.org/9%20Sept%204%20SP%20BCP%202.pdf Parish of Bright]</ref><ref>[https://cccath.ca/2017/02/10/installation-of-canons-and-archdeacon-05-february/ CCC, Fredericton]</ref>  
* 2017–2020: Wandlyn Snelgrove (formerly served as priest in [[Sussex, NB|Sussex]])<ref>[https://cccath.ca/2017/02/10/installation-of-canons-and-archdeacon-05-february/ CCC, Fredericton]</ref><ref>[https://trinityanglicanchurchsussex.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/May-6-2018-bulletin.pdf Trinity, Sussex,NB]</ref><ref>[https://parishchurchblog.wordpress.com/contact-us/ Parish web-site]</ref>
* 2020–2023: Kevin Stockall
* 2023–Present: Paul Ranson

'''Archdeacons of Kingston and the Kennebecasis'''
* 2002-2006: Richard McConnell
* 2006-2015: David Barrett
* 2015–present: Robert Marsh

'''Archdeacons of Moncton'''
* 2006-2014 Richard McConnell
* 2014–present: Brent Ham

'''Archdeacons of Saint John'''
* 2016–2017: Stuart Allan
* 2018–2022: Keith Osborne
* 2022–present: Leo Martin

'''Archdeacons of Woodstock'''
* 2014–2017: Patricia Drummond (acting)
* 2018–2020: Roderick Black

'''Diocesan Archdeacons'''
* ?-2000: Harold Hazen
* 1998-2003: Claude Miller
* 2003-2014: Geoffrey Hall
* 2014-present: Cathy Laskey

==See also==
*[[Dean of Fredericton]]

==References==
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{{Anglican Church of Canada}}
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[[Category:Anglican bishops of Fredericton| ]]
[[Category:Anglican Church of Canada dioceses|Fredericton, Anglican Diocese of]]
[[Category:Anglican church buildings in New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Organizations based in Fredericton]]
[[Category:Anglican Province of Canada]]


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