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Diocese of Brandon

Diocese of Brandon

Diocese of the Anglican Church in Canada

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).[2] Its cathedral is St. Matthew's Cathedral in Brandon, which was established in 1952.[3]

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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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Deans of Brandon

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

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