Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Church of England severed its ties to Rome in the year 1534. This political rupture occurred because King Henry VIII could not secure an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The Act of Supremacy declared that the King held supreme authority over all persons in all causes, ecclesiastical as well as civil.
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer was the guiding theologian who shaped the new church doctrine. He developed the Book of Common Prayer and the Thirty-nine Articles to establish a liturgy used in English for centuries to come. The Thirty-nine Articles received parliamentary approval in 1571 and became the church's only official confessional statement.
The Diocese of Nova Scotia was created on the 11th of August 1787 by Letters Patent of George III. This diocese covered present-day New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec. It marked the first colonial diocese outside England and Wales.
Libby Lane was consecrated as a bishop in January 2015. She was announced as the first woman to become a bishop in the Church of England in December 2014. The ordination of women as priests was approved by the General Synod in 1992 and began in 1994.
Between 1969 and 2010, almost 1,800 church buildings were closed. This figure represents roughly 11% of the church building stock. The majority of these closures occurred in the first half of the period.
In 2023, the General Synod voted to authorize standalone blessings for same-sex couples on a trial basis. In 2024, the General Synod voted to support moving forward with stand-alone services of blessing for same-sex couples after a civil marriage or civil partnership. In 2025, the House of Bishops announced the blessings of same-sex couples may continue during the regularly scheduled services.