The Diocese is headed by a bishop who also chairs the Synod of the Diocese of Western Newfoundland. The synod is a governing membership body comprised of all clergy and elected lay members.
The Anglican Diocese of Western Newfoundland is an Anglican diocese which administers regional parishes within its jurisdiction. The Anglican Diocese of Western Newfoundland was founded in 1975 following division of the Diocese of Newfoundland into three separate entities. The Diocese of Newfoundland dates back to 1839 with an episcopal jurisdiction extending to Bermuda and the Caribbean.
The Anglican Diocese of Western Newfoundland had no residential schools operating within its boundaries and was therefore not named in the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement. No relevant records were transferred to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Some parishes supported, or even sponsored, individual students attending Anglican residential schools elsewhere in Canada.
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