Charles Branch

Charles James Branch (1834–1896) was an Anglican bishop in Antigua from 1862^[1] until his death in 1896. His son was later Archdeacon of the island.^[2]

He was born in Barbados and educated at Codrington College there. He was appointed curate of St. Simon's, Barbados, in 1857; rector of St. Andrew's, Grenada, in 1864; rector of St John's, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands in 1866; and Archdeacon of Antigua, in 1879. He was consecrated Bishop Coadjutor of Antigua, in the chapel of Lambeth Palace, July 25, 1882.^[3]

References

^ Cathedral web-site
^ The Times, Wednesday, Jul 26, 1882; pg. 12; Issue 30569; col F
^ Cooper, Thompson (1884). "Branch, Charles James". Men of the Time (eleventh ed.). London: George Routledge & Sons. p. 162.

Bishops of Antigua

Daniel Davis • Stephen Rigaud • Walrond Jackson • Charles Branch • Herbert Mather • Walter Farrar • Edward Hutson • George Hand • Nathaniel Newnham Davis • Donald Knowles • Orland Lindsay • Errol Brooks

Church in the Province of the West Indies

Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands • Anglican Diocese of Barbados • Anglican Diocese of Belize • Anglican Diocese of Guyana • Anglican Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands • Anglican Diocese of North East Caribbean and Aruba • Anglican Diocese ofTrinidad and Tobago • Anglican Diocese of Windward Islands •

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Name	Branch, Charles James
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Date of birth	1834
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Date of death	1896
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