Diocese of Brandon

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The Diocese of Brandon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights of the Anglican Church of Canada. It has an area of 170,000 square kilometres (65,000 sq mi).[2] Its cathedral is St. Matthew's Cathedral in Brandon, which was established in 1952.[3]

Diocese of Brandon
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceNorthern Lights
Coordinates49°50′37″N 99°57′20″W / 49.8435°N 99.9555°W / 49.8435; -99.9555
Statistics
Parishes25 (2022)[1]
Members2,935 (2022)[1]
Information
RiteAnglican
CathedralSt. Matthew's Anglican Cathedral, Brandon
Current leadership
BishopRachael Parker
DeanDon 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, B.O. Whitfield, was appointed the first Dean of Brandon in 1957.[4]

Bishop Cliff preaching in 2019

Bishops of Brandon

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No. Name Dates Notes
1 Wilfred Thomas 1924–1950
2 Ivor Norris 1950–1969
3 Thomas Wilkinson 1969–1975
4 John Conlin 1975–1992
5 Malcolm Harding 1992–2001
6 Jim Njegovan 2002–2015
7 William Grant Cliff 2016–2023
8 Rachael Parker 2024–present

Deans of Brandon

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

Source: Diocese of Brandon

No. Name Dates Notes
position held by Bishop Ivor Norris 1952–1957
1 B.O. Whitfield 1957–1960 First Dean of Brandon
2 Morse Lamb Goodman 1960–1965 later Bishop of Calgary, 1968
3 Thomas Wilkinson 1965–1969 later Bishop of Brandon, 1969
4 John Conlin 1969–1975 later Bishop of Brandon, 1975
5 Harry Hobbs 1975–1979
6 Noel Goater 1980–1987
7 Thomas Crawford 1987–1992
8 James Njegovan 1992–2002 later Bishop of Brandon, 2002
9 Robin Walker 2003–2013
10 Nigel Packwood 2014–2016
11 Don Bernhardt 2016–present

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Elliot, Neil (15 March 2024). "Dioceses of the ACC – by numbers". Numbers Matters. (Neil Elliot is the statistics officer for the Anglican Church of Canada.). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  3. ^ Cathedral web-site
  4. ^ "Some history..." The Diocese of Brandon. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.