St. Peter & St. Paul's Anglican Church (Ottawa)

St. Peter's & St. Paul's Anglican Church
St. Peter and St. Paul's Anglican Church (formerly St. George's Anglican Church), Metcalfe St.
45°25′11″N 75°41′42″W / 45.41961°N 75.69497°W / 45.41961; -75.69497
Location	152 Metcalfe Street Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1N9
Denomination	Anglican Church in North America
Website	peterpaulottawa.com
History
Former name(s)	St. George's Church
Dedication	St. Peter and St. Paul
Administration
Diocese	Anglican Network in Canada
Clergy
Rector	Rev Dr Ben Vanderheide

St. Peter's & St. Paul's Anglican Church, formerly known as St. George's, is an Anglican church in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

History

St. George's was built as a Methodist Episcopal church at the corner of Metcalfe and Gloucester and was purchased in 1885 as an Anglican church. The first Anglican service in the church was held on May 31, 1885. The main spire was set ablaze after being struck by lightning twice on June 28, 1898. In 1906, the congregation erected a parish hall. Bishop John Charles Roper consecrated the church on October 14, 1928. St. George's purchased a rectory around 1929. St. George's marked their centennial with renovations to the church and parish hall in 1985.^[1]

A memorial is dedicated to members of the church who died or served during the Great War.^[2] A stained glass window was also erected to the parish dead of the Great War."First World War stained glass memorial: St Peter & St Paul's Anglican Church, Ottawa: Memorial 35059-115 Ottawa, ON". National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials. Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 5 January 2017. Memorial plaques are dedicated to the memory of Captain Edward T. Mennie, M.C. and Corporal Garnet Wynne Domsley who gave their lives during the First World War.^[3][4] Another memorial is dedicated to members of the church who died or served during the Second World War.^[5] A memorial plaque is dedicated to the memory of Donald Lawrence Moulds who gave his life during the Second World War.^[6]

In 2008, the church joined the Anglican Network in Canada and was renamed St. Peter's & St. Paul's Anglican Church.

Fonds

Fonds of St. George's congregation in Ottawa, Ontario include parish registers, 1885-1988, vestry records, 1885-1986, service registers, 1885-1986, records of committees and organizations, financial records, property records, special services and events material, correspondence, historiography, service bulletins, newsclippings, a list of parishioners, special collections, and photographs.^[1]

References

External links

• Official website

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This page was last edited on 5 December 2023, at 15:19