Diocesan Appointment

Diocesan Administrator the Very Rev. Alexandra Meek has approved the election of the Rev. Christopher Cook, rector of All Saints', Drayton Valley, as Regional Dean of Yellowhead. The vast deanery includes All Saints’, as well as St. Augustine’s Parkland serving Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and area; Holy Trinity in Edson serving the Anglican and Lutheran congregations of St. Catherine’s and Grace; St. Mary’s and St. George’s serving Jasper and area; and the Edmonton parishes of St. Timothy's and Christ Church. Cook, who created this picture of himself standing in front of a Photohopped Yellowhead Highway sign, notes the furthest distance between parishes in the Yellowhead deanery is 364 kms from St. Mary’s and St. George’s, Jasper to St. Timothy's, Edmonton.