Metropolitans of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land

To date there have been 15 Metropolitans of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land. The Province is the second oldest (of four) in the Anglican Church of Canada and was founded in 1875. The Province of Rupert's Land comprises 10 dioceses: Rupert's Land (founded 1849), Athabasca (founded 1874), Saskatchewan (founded 1874), Qu'Appelle (founded as Assiniboia in 1884 and name changed to Qu'Appelle in 1887), Calgary (founded 1888), Keewatin (founded 1902), Edmonton (founded 1913), Brandon (founded 1913), Saskatoon (founded 1932) and Arctic (founded 1933). The diocese of Mackenzie River existed from 1884 to 1950 and included territory now part of the dioceses of the Yukon and the Arctic. Metropolitans are elected by provincial synod and are accorded the title of Archbishop (of their diocese) and addressed as "The Most Reverend".

Metropolitical No.	Dates as Metropolitan	Name
1st	1875-1904	The Most Rev. Robert Machray (1831-1904) Archbishop of Rupert's Land (Bishop of Rupert's Land until 1893, Archbishop of Rupert's Land from 1893-1904) (Position of Metropolitan and title of Archbishop not created until 1893)
2nd	1905-1931	The Most Rev. Samuel Pritchard Matheson (1852-1942) Archbishop of Rupert's Land
3rd	1931-1934	The Most Rev. Isaac Stringer (1866-1934) Archbishop of Rupert's Land
4th	1935-1942	The Most Rev. Malcolm Taylor McAdam Harding (1864-1949) Archbishop of Rupert's Land
5th	1943-1953	The Most Rev. (Louis) Ralph Sherman (1886-1953) Archbishop of Rupert's Land
6th	1954-1960	The Most Rev. Walter Foster Barfoot (1893-1978) Archbishop of Rupert's Land
7th	1961-1969	The Most Rev. Howard Hewlett Clark(1903-1983) Archbishop of Rupert's Land
8th	1970-1977	The Most Rev. George Frederic Clarence Jackson (1907-1990) Archbishop of Qu'Appelle
9th	1977-1982	The Most Rev. Frederick Hugh Wright Crabb (1915-2007) Archbishop of Athabasca
10th	1982-1986	The Most Rev. Michael Geoffrey Peers Archbishop of Qu'Appelle
11th	1986-1987	The Most Rev. (Edwin) Kent Clarke Archbishop of Edmonton
12th	1988-1993	The Most Rev. Walter Heath Jones (1928-2003) Archbishop of Rupert's Land
13th	1994-1999	The Most Rev. (John) Barry Curtis Archbishop of Calgary
14th	2000-2003	The Most Rev. Thomas Oliver Morgan Archbishop of Saskatoon
15th	2003-	The Most Rev. John Robert Clarke Archbishop of Athabasca

Revised 7 March 2007