About Charles Branch
Lived 1834 – 1896 (aged 61). Charles Branch was an anglican priest.
Charles James Branch (7 October 183431 August 1896) was an Anglican priest: most notably Bishop of Antigua from 1885 until his death.
He was born in Barbados on 7 October 1834 by Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury. He received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Durham University in 1882. He automatically succeeded to the diocesan See of Antigua on Walrond Jackson's death, 25 November 1895; but died himself within the year — at St Kitts on 31 August 1896.
His son, Samuel Edward, was also Archdeacon of the island.
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Bishop of Antigua (1834-1896)
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Charles Branch died on 31 August 1896.
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Charles Branch was an anglican priest.
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