Charles Branch

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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.

v t e 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

v t e Church in the Province of the West Indies

Bishop of Barbados Anglican Diocese of Belize Diocese of Guyana Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands Bishop of Nassau and The Bahamas Bishop of North East Caribbean and Aruba Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago Diocese of the Windward Islands

Persondata
Name	Branch, Charles James
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Antigua
Date of birth	1834
Place of birth
Date of death	1896
Place of death

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