Charles Branch

Charles James Branch (1834–1896) was an Anglican priest: [1] most notably Bishop of Antigua from 1885 until his death.

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.[2]

His son was also Archdeacon of the island.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Times, Wednesday, Jul 26, 1882; pg. 12; Issue 30569; col F
  2. ↑  Cooper, Thompson (1884). "Branch, Charles James". Men of the Time (eleventh ed.). London: George Routledge & Sons. p. 162.
  3. ↑ ‘BRANCH, Ven. Samuel Edmund’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 21 Oct 2017


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