Canon Fraser Lawton, 41, rector of St. Thomas’ Anglican church in Fort McMurray, Alta., is the new bishop-elect of the diocese of Athabasca.
“Northern Alberta is an exciting place where people have a can-do attitude,” said Bishop-elect Lawton in a telephone interview.
[blockquote]317,000 square kilometers that includes 18 parishes, 33 congregations and has more than 3,500 people on its parish rolls[/blockquote]
Wow…that’s almost 100 square km per parishioner. I’m guessing he won’t be home much.
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That’s about 60 square miles for us Yanks. This guy is gonna be busy!
The worst part of of it is that there are two north south highways into Northern Alberta, so you pretty much have to travel south from the west and then go north to the east. It is a very large diocese. I expect he will fly when he can to get around.
About 36 square miles, actually. But yeah.