The
Rt Rev Russel Featherstone Brown
[1] (also spelled Russell; 7 January 1900 - 7 January 1988) was an eminent
Anglican
priest, who became the eighth
Bishop of Quebec.
[2]
Educated at
Bishop's University, Lennoxville
[3] and ordained in 1933,
[4] his first post was a
curacy at
Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal. After this he was
Priest in Charge of
Fort St. John, British Columbia and then
Rector of
Sherbrooke until 1954 when he became
Archdeacon of
Quebec - a post he held until his elevation to the
episcopate. After 11 years he resigned to teach in
Papua New Guinea. From 1976 he was an
assistant bishop of
Montreal.
In 2008 a memorial
Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral was unveiled in his honour.
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