Anglican Journal

The Anglican Journal serves as the official newspaper for the Anglican Church of Canada. It operates independently and features news and opinions about Anglicanism both in Canada and around the world. In addition, the Journal includes a comprehensive section dedicated to arts and culture, as well as classified ads. Marites N. Sison holds the position of editor, with the newspaper’s main office located in Toronto.

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Get to know the primatial candidates

1 week ago | anglicanjournal.com | Sean Frankling

Chris Harper, National Indigenous ArchbishopHometown: Onion Lake Cree Nation, Sask./Alta., Presently: Edmonton, Alta. Ordained: Deacon – Feb. 6, 2005, Priest – Oct. 16, 2005Consecrated: Nov. 17, 2018Favourite scriptural passage: Ephesians 4:1-4 FNVFavourite hymn: “In the Garden,” “This Little Light of Mine,” “On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand”What is the biggest challenge now facing the Anglican Church of Canada, and what should be done about it?
Alongside Hope launches Resilience Fund to make up for international aid cuts

1 week ago | anglicanjournal.com | Matthew Puddister

Anonymous donor will match all donations up to $250,000 made by June 30When the Trump administration announced plans to close the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. government’s main agency for administering civilian foreign aid, a delegation of Alongside Hope staff were in Kenya—allowing them to see the resulting “havoc” firsthand, communications director Janice Biehn says.
Sacred Circle to build framework of emergent Indigenous church

1 week ago | anglicanjournal.com | Sean Frankling

Sacred Circle, the main governing body of the Indigenous Anglican church, will continue to give shape to the emerging self-governing institution when it meets this August 5-10 in Calgary, Alta.
Pope Leo XIV seen as ‘stabilizer’ in religious and secular spheres, open to continuing Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue

2 weeks ago | anglicanjournal.com | Matthew Puddister

The Roman Catholic Church’s first American pope is likely to continue many priorities of his predecessor, the late Pope Francis—including ongoing dialogue with the Anglican Communion—while striving for unity in an increasingly divided world, observers from both Christian denominations tell the Anglican Journal. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the new pope May 8, taking the name Leo XIV.
Primatial vote, future shape of church set to take centre stage at General Synod

2 weeks ago | anglicanjournal.com | Matthew Puddister

Anglicans are gearing up for the next meeting of General Synod, which is set to take place June 23-29 at RBC Place in London, Ont. in the diocese of Huron and will include the election of the 15th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, as well as an update from the primate’s commission on re-imagining the church.
Alexander Pryor new diocesan bishop of Arctic; Anna Martha Keenainak and Jared Osborn suffragans

3 weeks ago | anglicanjournal.com | Sean Frankling

The diocese of the Arctic has elected and consecrated three new bishops at its diocesan synod, running May 8 to 15 in Edmonton. Former Executive Archdeacon Alexander Pryor has been consecrated as the new diocesan bishop. Assisting him as suffragans will be bishops Anne Martha Keenainak and Jared Osborn. The three will succeed former Diocesan Bishop David Parsons and suffragan bishops Joey Royal and Lucy Nester, all of whom retired in 2024.
Remembering ‘one of the Anglican prophets’

3 weeks ago | anglicanjournal.com | Matthew Puddister

Ian MacKenzie’s ministry was driven by concern for Indigenous justiceArchdeacon Ian MacKenzie, a priest and educator who championed justice for Indigenous Peoples over seven decades of ministry in the Anglican Church of Canada, died April 8 in Powell River, B.C. at the age of 90. An adopted member of the Haida and Nisga’a nations, MacKenzie served parishes in Nova Scotia, Toronto, Haida Gwai and the Nass Valley, retiring in 2000 as the archdeacon of Caledonia.
Victor-David Mbuyi Bipungu elected bishop of Montreal

1 month ago | anglicanjournal.com | Matthew Puddister

The Anglican diocese of Montreal has elected a Congolese Canadian and former Roman Catholic priest as its 13th bishop. Victor-David Mbyui Bipungu, archdeacon of St. Andrew and priest-in-charge at Église Anglicane de la Nativité St James (Rosemère) and St Simon and St Bartholomew’s Anglican Church (Laval-Chomedey), was elected on the fifth ballot at the May 3 diocesan electoral synod.
Panel outlines six paths to ‘big change’ in church

1 month ago | anglicanjournal.com | Sean Frankling

Acting primate urges Anglicans to join work of transformationThe church is approaching a time of important decisions—one which Anglicans can and should embrace with hope, Archbishop Anne Germond, acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told Council of General Synod (CoGS) in her opening remarks March 7.
Anglican-assisted refugee founds group for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

1 month ago | anglicanjournal.com | Matthew Puddister

Several years ago, Emel was homeless, lonely and uncertain about the future. Having fled his home in The Gambia due to anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, Emel—who prefers not to give his full name due to safety concerns—was living on the streets in Senegal and relying on the support of fellow asylum-seekers who offered him food and shelter.