title: Diocese of Caledonia
text: # Diocese of Caledonia
  
  The Diocese of Caledonia is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada.
  
  Early missionary leaders who served in this diocese include William Ridley and James Benjamin McCullagh.
  
  In 1977 the diocese published The Nishga Liturgy for Nisga'a Anglicans.
  
  ## Bishops of Caledonia
  
  | No. | Name | Dates | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | William Ridley | 1879?–1904 | |
  | 2 | Frederick Du Vernet | 1904–1924 | 1st Metropolitan of British Columbia and Archbishop of Caledonia, 1915–1924 |
  | 3 | George Rix | 1928–1945 | |
  | 4 | James Gibson | 1945–1952 | |
  | 5 | Horace Watts | 1953–1959 | |
  | 6 | Eric Munn | 1959–1968 | |
  | 7 | Douglas Hambidge | 1969–1980 | afterwards Bishop of New Westminster, 1980–1993 |
  | 8 | John Hannen | 1981–2001 | Acting Metropolitan of British Columbia, 1993–1994 |
  | 9 | William Anderson | 2001–2016 | Retired Bishop of Caledonia on Dec. 31, 2016 |
  | 10 | David Lehmann | 2017–present | Elected October 22, 2017, Enthroned January 18, 2018 |
  
  ## Deans of Caledonia
  
  The Dean of Caledonia is also usually Rector of St Andrew's Cathedral, Prince Rupert.
  
  * 1929–1945: James B. Gibson (1st Dean) Bishop of Caledonia, 1945
  * 1945–: Basil S. Prockter (interesting archival note from Crockford's Clerical directory suggests that Bishop Gibson continued as Dean after his election, and that Basil Prockter was never listed as anything but "Canon", though he was the rector of the parish)
  * 1956–1959: Albert Edward Hendy
  * 1959–1963: George Tweddale Pattison
  * 1964–1970: Ernest Geoffrey Flagg
  * 1979–1985: Robert Gary Paterson
  * 1986–1993: Michael John Wimmer
  * 1994–1997: Glen Raymond Burgomaster
  * 1998–1999: [Vacant]
  * 2000–2002: Hugo T. Jackson
  * 2002–2003: Acting Dean - Peter Davison
  * 2004–2008: Rob Sweet
  * 2009: [Vacant]
  * 2010–2011: James Barlow
  * 2011–2017: Jason Haggstrom
  * 2018–present: Stephen Paul Williams (installed as Rector 17 June 2018)
  