Manitoba Organization: Diocese of Rupert’s Land

The Anglican Diocese of Rupert’s Land was founded in 1849.

Bishops

Period

Bishop

1849-1864

David Anderson (1814-1885)

1865-1904

Robert Machray (1831-1904)

1905-1931

Samuel Pritchard Matheson (1852-1942)

1931-1934

Isaac O. Stringer (1866-1934)

1934-1942

Malcolm Taylor MacAdam Harding (1863-1949)

1943-1953

Louis Ralph Sherman (1886-1953)

1954-1960

Walter Foster Barfoot (1893-1978)

1961-1969

Howard Hewlett Clark (1903-1983)

1970-1982

Barry Valentine (1927-2009)

1982-1986

Michael Geoffrey Peers (1934-2023)

1986-1994

?

1994-1999

Patrick Vaughan Lee (1931-2010)

Sources:

“Edmonton Archbishop to succeed Barfoot,” Winnipeg Free Press, 26 January 1961.

Guide to the Holdings of the Archives of Rupert’s Land, Records of the Anglican Church of Canada, No. 1, by Wilma MacDonald, St. John’s College Press, 1986, page 3.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 November 2025