Church of St. Bartholomew
About The Church of St. Bartholomew
St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church is located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The parish was founded in 1866 and the building completed in 1868. Its architect is uncertain but believed to have been Thomas Seaton Scott who designed a number of other prominent Ottawa structures. The church is located at 125 MacKay Street in the New Edinburgh neighbourhood across the street from Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada. A vice-regal pew is reserved for the Governor General at the front of the church.
St. Bartholomew’s is also the regimental chapel of the Governor General's Foot Guards, and as such has become known as the “Guard’s Chapel.”
On Saturday, August 24, 1867– the feast day of St. Bartholomew – the heads of some 30 Anglican families came together in the town of New Edinburgh, then on the outskirts of Ottawa, to found a new Anglican parish. At noon, just six weeks prior to this date, on July 1st, a "dazzling sunny day", the Dominion of Canada was proclaimed.Since then, St Barts and Canada have grown up together and their histories have been inter-twined.
150th Anniversary Books
Two histories have been commissioned to commemorate the 150th anniversary of St Barts.
The Parish of Saint Bartholomew
The First 150 Years 1866 - 2017
Vols. 1 & 2
by Dr. Glenn Lockwood
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Faithful: St Bartholomew’s Ottawa 1867 - 2017
by Dr. Glenn J Lockwood and Janet B. Uren
The main source for much of the material for Faithful, is a scholarly book in two volumes, written by Dr. Glenn Lockwood, our Diocesan Archivist. It was underwritten by Tony and Joan Kellett and a small grant from the City of Ottawa. There will be a very limited number of copies of this book produced but the church will have its own copy and the work and history will be preserved for the future. We are also so grateful for the financial support in the production of the Faithful book by the Kellett family. In addition to their support for the scholarly book they are by themselves financing the Faithful books total production. Even more generously, they allowed the church to keep the money from the sale of these books for use in our ministries. This is an extraordinary act of faithfulness on their part.
Copies of either histories can be obtained at the Parish Office.
