Territory of the People

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Territory of the People
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceBritish Columbia and the Yukon
Information
RiteAnglican
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, Kamloops

The Territory of the People[1] (previously called the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior until 2016)[2] is a "recognized territory [with] the status of a diocese"[3] formed in 2002 out of the former Anglican Diocese of Cariboo, part of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada.

The Diocese of Cariboo was formed in 1914 and ceased operations on December 31, 2001 after being forced into bankruptcy when the financial strain of legal costs associated with damage suits brought by former students of the Anglican-run St George’s Indian Residential School in Lytton, B.C., exhausted the diocese financially.[4]

The parishes that make up the Territory are overseen by Bishop Lincoln Mckoen who was elected at an Electoral Assembly on 25 January 2020 and consecrated Bishop at St. Paul's Cathedral Kamloops on 19 September 2020. Bishop Lincoln succeeds the former Suffragan Bishops to the Metropolitan Barbara Andrews who served from 2009-2020, and Gordon Light who served from 2004 to 2008.

On November 14, 2015, the Council of the Anglican Church of Canada's General Synod gave final approval to recognition of the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (APCI) as a "recognized territory [with] the status of a diocese" (but not called one) and the former territory of the former Cariboo diocese.[3] In 2016, APCI decided to adopt a new name — the Territory of the People; and this took full effect during the same year.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Territory of the People — About (Accessed 23 February 2017)
  2. ^ a b Anglican Church of Canada — APCI enters new territory with name change (Accessed 23 February 2017)
  3. ^ a b Anglican Church of Canada — Highlights from the Council of General Synod: November 14, 2015 (Accessed 16 November 2015)
  4. ^ Blair, Kathy (1 September 2000). "Diocese of Cariboo plans own shutdown". Anglican Journal. Archived from the original on 2002-01-13.
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