Deaneries of the Anglican Diocese of Huron

The County of Brant (2006 pop. 34,415) is a rural municipality that surrounds Brantford. The largest communities are Paris, St. George and Burford.

The 5 Anglican Churches in Brant are:

All Saints’ Church, Mount Pleasant is a long established parish with its first rector appointed in 1845.   Current rector is Rev. Darlene Cunliffe who is also responsible for Trinity Church, Waterford

Holy Trinity Church, St. George was established in 1954.   Rector Rev. Margaret Shortell came to St George as deacon in June 2004.

St. Mark’s Church, Scotland is in a multi-point parish in the Oxford Deanery.

Holy Trinity, Burford is in a 3-point parish with Holy Trinity, Brantford and St Paul’s, H.M. Chapel of the Mohawks

St James’, Paris, whose rector is Rev. Stephen Hendry, is the largest congregation and has 2 Sunday services.

The Municipality of Norfolk County (2006 pop. 62,563) was formed in 2001.   It is on the north shore of Lake Erie and surrounding its many small communities is some of the most fertile farmland in Ontario.

The 8 Anglican Churches in Norfolk County are:

St. Paul’s Church, Port Dover which has had Rev. Kendall Reimer as rector since September 2007.

Trinity Church, Simcoe. Rector Rev. Dr. Tim Dobbin appointed August 15, 2007 was previously Associate Priest at St. George’s, London.

The Parish of Long Point Bay consists of 4 churches: St. John’s Church, Port Rowan; Memorial Church, Port Ryerse; St. Andrews-By-the Lake, Turkey Point; and St. John’s Church, Woodhouse. It also included St. William’s Church, St. Williams which closed January 28, 2007. Rector is Rev. Tony Bouwmeester.

Trinity Church, Waterford is in a two-point parish with All Saints’ Church, Mount Pleasant in Brant.

The Church of St Alban, the Martyr, Delhi is in a two-point parish with St John’s Church, Otterville of Oxford County.

7 of the 8 churches are in the Deanery of Brant/Norfolk, St Alban’s Delhi is in the Deanery of Oxford.   The congregations in Port Stanley and Simcoe predate the formation of the Diocese of Huron in 1857.

155 Memorial Drive, Brantford, Ontario
Phone: 519-752-6451   Fax: 519-752-1432

St Mark’s Anglican, Brantford was first established in 1953 with 29 families.   The congregation moved to the current building when was it was constructed in 1965.

In 1978, Christopher Wallis was commissioned to design the stained glass windows.   The north wall has 5 windows depicting events in Jesus’ life including ‘Baptism of Christ’ shown right.   The south wall includes ‘Lamb of God’ shown left.

At present, there are over 420 families on the church roll and that number is increasing.   Rector is the Ven. Dr. Jim Sutton, Archdeacon of Brant/Norfolk & Oxford.   The Rev. Victoria Edgeworth-Pitcher is Associate for Youth and Family.

Website of St Mark’s Anglican Church, Brantford, Ontario

Archdeacon is Ven. Dr. Jim Sutton, Rector of St. Mark’s Church, Brantford. The Archdeaconery consists of the Brant/Norfolk and Oxford Deaneries. The largest city is Brantford which has a 2006 population of 124,607 in its metropolitan area. Other towns include Woodstock (35,480) and Ingersoll (11,760).

The regional dean for Oxford is Rev Bruce Genge, rector of Old St. Paul’s Church, Woodstock and the regional dean for Brant/Norfolk is Rev Heather Robinson, rector of St. James’ Church, Brantford.

Shown is Grace Anglican, Brantford built in 1856.

Holy Trinity Church, Brantford, Her Majesty’s Chapel of the Mohawks and Holy Trinity Church, Burford form a 3-point parish.

Her Majesty’s Chapel of the Mohawks was the first Protestant church in Ontario. It was built for the Mohawks of the Six Nations Iroquois to replace the Queen Ann Chapel at Fort Hunter, New York. The Mohawks settled here after losing their lands during the American War of Independence

The church was dedicated to St Paul in 1788 by Rev John Stuart (1736-1812). It is the only Royal Chapel in North America, given the designation in 1904 by Edward VII.

Grace Anglican website

The Grace Anglican parish was established in 1830 and the present building dates from 1856. The memorial tower was constructed 1916-17, a gift from Reuben M. Leonard.

In December 2003, St Stephens, Brantford closed their church and merged with Grace Anglican.

The window shown is in memory of Mary Hilda Shadbolt born 3 Dec 1891.

8 Burwell Street, Paris, Ontario
St James’ Anglican Church Website

St James was built in 1839 after receiving 300 pounds from the Duchess of Leeds and 200 pounds from St. James’ Church of Edinburgh, Scotland. The chancel was built in 1863 and a new entranceway was completed in 1990.

The original building was the first commission of master mason Levi Boughton who came to Paris from Rochester, New York. He used cobblestones that would have been hand-picked from local farmers’ fields or riverbanks. While the materials were free the labour involved made it an expensive process. Boughton went on use the same process to build another church and a dozen homes in the area that still stand.

St Jude’s was built in 1871. Like most of the churches established in the diocese at the time it had more ‘low church’ leanings, i.e. more protestant than the traditional Catholic views of a ‘high church’. It began as a simply adorned building.

Extensive alterations were made beginning in 1930 and the murals by the Browne family of artists were completed in 1936. In 1993 the decorative paintings of St. Jude’s Anglican Church were recognized by the Canadian government as being of national architectural significance. Shown is Jesus as a boy in the temple.

More Murals of St Jude’s Anglican Church