On Saturday, October 31, the synod of the diocese of Brandon elected Canon William Cliff, rector of the Collegiate Chapel of St. John the Evangelist at Huron University College in the diocese of Huron, as its seventh diocesan bishop.<\/p>\n
Cliff said he was \u201csurprised, but\u201d\u00a6very grateful\u201d\u009d to have been chosen, and that his priorities include the \u201crecruitment and training of clergy\u201d\u009d and providing \u201csupport and love\u201d\u009d for the Indigenous Anglicans in the largely Aboriginal northern regions of the diocese.<\/p>\n
Cliff was one of six candidates considered for the position, alongside Archdeacon Peter John Hobbs, the Rev. John Dolloff, Dean Iain Luke, Archdeacon Kim Salo and Pastor Rebecca Graham, a Lutheran serving Christ Church Anglican in The Pas who was nominated from the floor. Cliff was elected on the third ballot with 17 votes in the house of the clergy and 41 in the house of the laity.<\/p>\n