James Cowan (born 1951) was the twelfth

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, serving from 2004 to 2013. Cowan was educated at the

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and

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in 1977. He worked in the

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of Qu’Appelle for 20 years before coming to

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to be its Diocesan Executive Officer, a post he held until his appointment to the

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