Anglican Christians are inheritors of a distinct theological tradition which arose out of the Church of England after the Reformation.
Anglicans are sometimes described as a “via media” or middle way. Our history and theology is affected by the Protestant Reformation, but we have also retained many characteristics which link us to the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches. The Anglican church features a focus on Holy Scripture and proclaiming the grace of God given to us in Jesus Christ. Some of our more ancient features include our approach to worship, sacraments, and the three-fold ministry of bishop, priest, and deacon.
The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa
The Area Parish of the St. Lawrence resides in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, a diocese containing 100+ congregations in 70 parishes across Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. The diocese extends north to Maniwaki (QC), east to Hawksbury, south to the St. Lawrence River, and west to Algonquin Park. Formerly part of the Diocese of Ontario, it was incorporated in 1896. Over one million people live within the diocesan boundaries, 21,000 of whom identify as Anglican.
For learn more visit: https://ottawa.anglican.ca/
Our Bishop
The Venerable
Kathryn Otley
Bishop-elect of Ottawa
The Venerable Kathryn Otley has been elected the 11th Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa following a vote at an Electoral Synod held on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa.
Bishop-Elect Kathryn Otley will be consecrated and formally installed as Bishop of Ottawa on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at Christ Church Cathedral. The service will gather clergy and lay representatives from across the Diocese, together with ecumenical partners, civic leaders, and guests from across Canada.
From the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa website.
The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario
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The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario includes seven dioceses, covering most of the geographical province of Ontario as well as parts of Quebec, and is one of four Ecclesiastical Provinces within the Anglican Church of Canada.
Our Archbishop
The Most Reverend Anne Germond
Archbishop of the Dioceses of Algoma and Moosonee and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario
From the Archbishop’s biography from the Anglican Diocese of Algoma: “Born in 1960, Archbishop Anne grew up in South Africa and graduated from the Johannesburg College of Education in the late 1970s. In the fall of 2018, Archbishop Anne was elected the 19th Metropolitan for the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario. In this role she also serves as the Archbishop for the Diocese of Moosonee which is a mission area of the Province. It straddles both northern Ontario and Northwestern Quebec covering some 560, 000 sq.kms. There are 21 parishes in Moosonee with more than half of them in the Indigenous communities on the east and west side of James Bay.
Daily prayer and study of scriptures is the scaffold around which Archbishop Anne’s ministry is formed. With a strong gentle spirit and a personal commitment to equity and the important work of reconciliation with indigenous peoples, Archbishop Anne sees this happening in relationship building, hospitality, and table fellowship. She believes it can only happen through truth telling and justice seeking.
Anglican Church of Canada
The Anglican Church of Canada is an independent, self-governing church in communion with the other 44 churches of the worldwide Anglican Communion (see below). It includes more than 500,000 members in nearly 1,700 parishes, and like Canada, the church is culturally diverse. On any given Sunday the tradition of common prayer is expressed across Canada in many languages, including Inuktitut, French, Spanish, and Cree.
To learn more visit: https://www.anglican.ca/
Our Primate
(National Archbishop)
The Most Reverend Shane Parker
The Most Reverend Shane parker
Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
Archbishop Shane Parker was elected the 15th Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada on June 26, 2025, and installed on June 29, 2025, at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Ontario.
Prior to being elected Primate, he had served as the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa since 2020. Before that, he was dean of the Diocese of Ottawa and rector of Christ Church Cathedral for two decades.
Born to Irish parents in Edmonton, Alberta, he grew up in western Canada. He worked as a labourer for several years before embarking on undergraduate and graduate studies in sociology at Carleton University. After working as a professional sociologist, he studied theology at Saint Paul University. He was ordained as a priest in 1987 in the Diocese of Ottawa, later serving as the diocesan archdeacon.
Archbishop Parker has an honorary doctorate from Saint Paul University, where he has served as a part-time professor of pastoral ministry and chairs its Anglican Studies Advisory Committee. A collection of his pastoral essays was published by Novalis in a book called Answering the Big Questions. He is a recipient of the Interfaith Ottawa Award, for devoted service to promoting interfaith dialogue and cooperation.
Archbishop Parker is married to Katherine Shadbolt, a lawyer specializing in family law and mediation. He has three adult children and three grandchildren. He is handy, enjoys physical work and is most comfortable in natural places.
Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion is the third-largest communion of churches worldwide (following the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox) and has the historic commitment to taking the Gospel to the ends of the earth. To become an Anglican is to find oneself in the great tradition of the Church, in communion with the Christians of the first century, and in fellowship with a wonderfully diverse body of Christians across the globe today.
To learn more visit: https://www.anglicancommunion.org/
The Archbishop of Canterbury
The Most Reverend and Right Honourable
Sarah Mullally
Born in Woking in 1962, the Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE is one of four children, with two sisters and one brother. She attended Winston Churchill Comprehensive School and Woking Sixth Form College. She became a Christian at the age of 16.
While working as the Chief Nursing Officer for England, she discerned a call to ordination and entered training ministry at the South East Institute for Theological Education. She was ordained in 2001 and served her curacy in St Saviour’s Battersea Fields, initially as a self-supporting minister, before leaving her Government post in 2004, which she has described at the time as “the biggest decision I have ever made”.
In 2012, she was installed as Canon Treasurer at Salisbury Cathedral and three years later took the role as Suffragan Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter, the fourth woman to become a Bishop in the Church of England. She was consecrated at Canterbury Cathedral, alongside the Bishop of Gloucester, Rachel Treweek. On 12 May 2018, Bishop Sarah was installed as the 133rd Bishop of London at St Paul’s Cathedral, the first woman to hold the role.
In 2025 she was elected as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury.