The Diocese of Caledonia was created in 1879 from the division of the Diocese of British Columbia, consisting of the northern part of the civil province of British Columbia. The Synod of the Diocese met for the first time in 1906. In 1910 the Synod was incorporated by act of the provincial legislature. Prior to 1905 work in the Diocese consisted primarily of missionary activity among native peoples sponsored by the Church Missionary Society which had been initiated by William Duncan in 1857. The Bishop established his first headquarters at Hazelton but moved later to Metlakatla. With the establishment of Prince Rupert, the See was moved to that city. Besides missionary work among native peoples, the Diocese was also involved in ministering to the seasonal salmon cannery settlements. While at first largely limited to the northern coast and Skeena River valley, new areas of church work among white settlers were opened up after the First World War, in particular in the Lakes District and Peace River country. Since 1968 the northernmost parishes of the Diocese have been administered by the Diocese of Yukon, although these parishes legally remain within Caledonia's boundaries.
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BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-263
BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-263
Fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, petitions, constitutions and by-laws, instruments of consecration, legal records, property records, financial records, clergy records, cemetery records, parish profiles, statistics, notes, manuscripts, journals, newsletters, histories, clippings, printed material, photographs, postcards, drawings, slides, architectural records, plans, cartographic records, sound recordings. Consists of records of the administration of the Diocese including constitution and canons, Synod journals, architectural and building records, clergy and parish memoranda, clergy records, financial records, parish files, and property assessment records; records of the Bishops; and records of the Executive, Oriental and Diocesan Centennial Committees.
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Series consists of architectural records, correspondence, reports, cemetery records, plans, drawings. Includes architectural plans, drawings, specifications and proposals for projects at Fort Nelson; Fort St. John; Greenville (or Lakalzap); Hazelton; Kincolith (or Gingolx); Kitkatla; Mackenzie; New Masset; Ocean Falls; Old Masset (Haida); St. Andrew's Cathedral, Prince Rupert; Terrace; and proposed foster home at Prince Rupert. Also includes plan of cemetery at Francois Lake. Photocopies in part.
BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-701
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Series consists of correspondence. Consists of letters sent out from Synod Office to clergy and parishes.
BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-686
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Series consists of clergy records, correspondence, reports, clippings, printed material, photographs. Consists of registers and files of deceased and transferred clergy, including student files, biographical information, oaths, declarations and other clergy documents.
Transferred from Synod Office.
Access restricted to some correspondence marked or sealed as confidential.
BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-689
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Series consists of printed material.
BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-702
The Diocesan Centennial Committee was formed in 1977 to plan for the celebration of the Diocese's centennial in 1979. Hugh McCullum and Karmel Taylor McCullum were chosen to research and write a centennial history, published with the title, "Caledonia 100 Years Ahead".
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Sous-fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, notes, clippings, printed material, photograph, drawing, sound recordings. Arranged into three series: correspondence and other records of Diocesan Centennial Committee; research files for history, consisting primarily of clippings and photocopies arranged by parishes; interviews recorded on sound cassettes.
Custody unknown.
BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-480
Administrative history unavailable.
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Sous-fonds consists of civil register (1953-1960, 1973), confirmation lists, correspondence, minutes, legal records, financial records, manuscripts, notes, clippings, printed material. Includes records (1905-1924) of Archbishop Frederick Herbert DuVernet; records of Bishop George Alexander Rix; correspondence (1946, 1948, 1952) of Bishop James Byers Gibson; correspondence and other material (1953-1958) of Bishop Horace G. Watts; correspondence and other records of Bishop Eric G. Munn (1960-1965). Civil register of marriages performed by Bishop includes Prince Rupert, St. Peter, Seal Cove; Stewart, St. Mark; Vanderhoof, Holy Trinity.
BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-463
Administrative history unavailable.
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Sous-fonds consists of Executive Committee minutes.
BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-690
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Series consists of financial records, including a Mission Fund account book.
Mission Fund account book may have come in custody of St. Paul's, Metlakatla?
BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-688
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Series consists of minutes and reports.
BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-684
First formed at 1919 Diocesan Synod, the Committee worked in conjunction with the Provincial Board of Missions to Orientals which had been established in 1917. The work of the Committee included oversight of St. Andrew's Japanese Mission which had been established in Prince Rupert in 1918.
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Sous-fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, reports.
BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-691
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Series consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, petitions, constitutions, instruments of consecration, legal records, property records, financial records, cemetery records, parish profiles, statistics, notes, journals, newsletters, histories, clippings, printed material, photographs, postcards, slides, drawings, architectural records, plans, cartographic records. Alphabetically arranged including Prince Rupert Coast Mission. Includes some baptism, confirmation, marriage and burial records from various parishes.
Transferred from Synod Office.
File list of accession 92-19, the bulk of series, is available.
BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-685
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Series consists of property records.
BCAUL control number: ANGCAL-687