St. Matthew's Anglican Church

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St. Matthew's Anglican Church is an Anglican church in the Glebe neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1898 to serve the growing area it is the fifth oldest Anglican parish in central Ottawa after St. Alban's, St. Bartholomew's, Trinity, and Ascension. It is a registered charity # 108084658RR0078 providing spiritual worship, spiritual guidance, pastoral care, and community outreach.HistoryEstablishmentFor most of the 19th Century, the diocesan organization for Anglican churches in and around Ottawa was remote. Authority in the Church of England was administered first from Halifax, Nova Scotia then from Kingston, Ontario. In 1896 the northern and eastern parts of the Diocese of Ontario (Kingston) became the separate diocese of Ottawa and had its own bishop. The new diocese covered an area of almost 18,000 square miles, including eight counties and most of the district of Nipissing reaching west into Algonquin Park. It started with 51 parishes serving 30,000 people.St. Matthew's Anglican parish was established after the creation of the Diocese of Ottawa. The late Archbishop Hamilton was the first bishop of the new diocese, of which he was a native having been born in Hawkesbury. Because of his many years in Quebec City, Archbishop Hamilton chose St. Matthew’s for the first parish he created in his new diocese of Ottawa.