Diocese of Brandon

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 province	Northern Lights
Coordinates	49.8435°N 99.9555°W / 49.8435; -99.9555
Statistics
Parishes	25 (2022)[1]
Members	2,935 (2022)[1]
Information
Rite	Anglican
Cathedral	St. Matthew's Anglican Cathedral, Brandon
Current leadership
Bishop	Rachael Parker
Dean	Christopher Evetts
Map
Boundaries of the diocese within the Province of the Northern Lights
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

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	Translated to Ontario
8	Rachael Parker	2024–present

Deans of Brandon

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	2016–2025
12	Christopher Evetts	2025-Present