Diocese of Brandon

The Diocese of Brandon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It has an area of 170,000 square kilometres (65,000 sq mi).[1] The Rt. Rev'd William Grant Cliff, (formerly Rector of the Collegiate Chapel of St John the Evangelist at Huron University College, and Canon Precentor of the Diocese of Huron) was elected as the 7th Bishop on October 31, 2015, and was consecrated on March 1, 2016.[2] Its cathedral is St. Matthew's Cathedral in Brandon, which was established in 1952.[3]

Diocese of Brandon
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceRupert's Land
Coordinates49.8435°N 99.9555°W / 49.8435; -99.9555
Statistics
Parishes26 (2017)
Members3,447 (2017)
Information
RiteAnglican
CathedralSt. Matthew's Anglican Cathedral, Brandon
Current leadership
BishopThe Rt. Rev. William Grant Cliff
DeanThe Very Rev. Don Bernhardt
Website
dioceseofbrandon.org

The first synod of the diocese of Brandon was held on 24 June 1924. St Matthew's church in Brandon was declared a pro-cathedral in May, 1945 and upgraded to full cathedral status on October 5, 1952. The then rector of St Matthew's, the Reverend B.O. Whitfield, was appointed first Dean of Brandon in 1957.[4]

Bishops of Brandon
No.NameDatesNotes
1stWilfred Thomas1924–1950
2ndIvor Norris1950–1969
3rdThomas Wilkinson1969–1975
4thJohn Conlin1975–1992
5thMalcolm Harding1992–2001
6thJim Njegovan2002–2015
7thWilliam Grant Cliff2016–present

Deans of Brandon

The Dean of Brandon is also the Rector of St Matthew's Cathedral.

Source: Diocese of Brandon

No.NameDatesNotes
position held by Bishop Ivor Norris1952-1957
1stB.O. Whitfield1957-1960First Dean of Brandon
2ndMorse Lamb Goodman1960-1965later Bishop of Calgary, 1968
3rdThomas Wilkinson1965-1969later Bishop of Brandon, 1969
4thJohn Conlin1969-1975later Bishop of Brandon, 1975
5thHarry Hobbs1975-1979
6thNoel Goater1980-1987
7thThomas Crawford1987-1992
8thJames Njegovan1992-2002later Bishop of Brandon, 2002
9thRobin Walker2003-2013
10thNigel Packwood2014-2016
11thDon Bernhardt2016–present

Notes
  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  2. Diocesan web-site Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Cathedral web-site
  4. "Some history..." The Diocese of Brandon. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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