Charles James Branch (7 October 183431 August 1896) was an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

priest: most notably

Bishop of Antigua The Anglican Diocese of North East Caribbean and Aruba was originally established in 1842 as the Diocese of Antigua and the Leeward Islands when the Anglican Diocese of Barbados, then with the Diocese of Jamaica, one of the two dioceses covering th ...

from 1885 until his death. He was born in Barbados on 7 October 1834 and educated at Codrington College there. He was appointed curate of St. Simon's, Barbados, in 1857; rector of St. Andrew's,

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, in 1864; rector of St John's, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands in 1866; and

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Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Bar ...

, in 1879. He was consecrated

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of Antigua, in the chapel of

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, on 25 July 1882 by Archibald Campbell Tait,

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. He automatically succeeded to the diocesan See of Antigua on

Walrond Jackson William Walrond Jackson (9 January 181125 November 1895) was Bishop of Antigua from 1860 to 1879. Life He was the son of William Jackson of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, and Mary Judith Walrond. Jackson was educated at Codrington College, ...

's death, 25 November 1895; but died himself within the year — at St Kitts on 31 August 1896. His son, Samuel Edward, was also

of the island.

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1834 births 19th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean Anglican bishops of Antigua 1896 deaths Archdeacons of Antigua Alumni of Codrington College Barbadian religious leaders {{Anglican-bishop-stub

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