Draft:Trinity Anglican Church (Cornwall)

Trinity Anglican Church (also known as Bishop Strachan Memorial Church) is an historic Anglican Church located in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. The original congregation was founded in 1784 when Loyalists settled the area, but a permanent church was not built on the current location until 1806 with the arrival of future bishop John Strachan in 1803. The original wooden Georgian style church was reconstructed in the neo-Gothic style in 1869 and was dedicated to the same John Strachan after his death in 1867. The church currently maintains a regular worship schedule and is home to local community programs and organizations, such as Centre 105, the Tri-County Literacy Council, and Beek Lindsay Seniors Residences. The historic churchyard dates back to the founding of Cornwall, the last burial occurring in 1876.

Cemeteries
Trinity Church maintains two historic cemeteries.

Trinity Church Graveyard
The due the City of Cornwall's status as one of the oldest municipalities in the Province of Ontario and the Church of England's status as the Established Church at the time of its founding, Trinity Church Graveyard is considered to be one of the oldest in Eastern Ontario. The first burials began with the settlement in the 1780s and the cemetery was finally closed to new burials in 1876.

Maple Grove Cemetery
Maple Grove Cemetery is an active cemetery located on the western edge of Cornwall, Ontario. The cemetery was originally established in the late 18th Century in the village of Maple Grove, and later submerged during the creation of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1958. Before the flooding that summer, the local community spent nearly two months relocating all the remains to the current location.

Rectors of Trinity Church, Cornwall
The list of rectors, with their recorded dates, include:


 * 1784-1787 The Reverend John Stuart
 * 1787-1800 The 'Reverend' John Bryan
 * 1800-1803 The Reverend James Sutherland Rudd
 * 1803-1812 The Honourable and Right Reverend John Strachan
 * 1813-1814 The Very Reverend John Bethune
 * 1814-1817 The Reverend William Devereux Baldwyn
 * 1817-1830 The Reverend Salter Jehoshaphat Mountain
 * 1830-1840 The Reverend George Archbold
 * 1840-1842 The Reverend Alexander Williams
 * 1842-1846 The Reverend John Gerbrand Beek Lindsay
 * 1846-1871 The Venerable Henry Patton
 * 1871-1879 The Reverend Canon James Abraham Preston
 * 1879-1894 The Reverend Canon Charles Biggar Pettit
 * 1894-1906 The Reverend Robert Leckie Mulock Houston
 * 1906-1914 The Reverend Thomas James Stiles
 * 1914-1933 The Venerable William Netten
 * 1933-1940 The Venerable John Edwin Lindsay
 * 1948-1958 The Venerable Harold Arthur Edmund Clarke
 * 1958-1967 The Venerable William Douglas McLaren Christie
 * 1967-1972 The Venerable Wilfred Hankin Bradley
 * 1972-1977 The Venerable Philip Sidney Irwin
 * 1977-1985 The Reverend Canon Bain Peever
 * 1985-1988 The Reverend Bruce Pellegrin
 * 1988-1991 The Reverend Fred Allen
 * 1991-1996 The Reverend Wayne Thomas
 * 1996-2007 The Reverend Ross Moulton
 * 2008-2018 The Venerable Frank Kirby
 * 2018-2020 The Reverend Patrick Stevens
 * 2020-2023 The Venerable Peter Crosby
 * 2023- The Reverend Adam Joseph Brown (current rector)