Rod BrantFrancis
Rod BrantFrancis | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Moosonee | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Diocese | Moosonee |
| Elected | 26 March 2025 |
| In office | 2025–present |
| Predecessor | Anne Germond (ex officio) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2006 (diaconate) 2007 (priesthood) by Caleb Lawrence |
| Consecration | May 28, 2025 by Anne Germond |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 13, 1967 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Lisa BrantFrancis |
| Alma mater | Church Army Training College, Toronto |
Rodney Wallace BrantFrancis (born June 13, 1967[1]) is a Canadian Anglican bishop. In 2025, he was elected the 12th bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Moosonee in the Anglican Church of Canada. Prior to being elected bishop, BrantFrancis was a priest in the Diocese of Ontario.
Biography
[edit]BrantFrancis is Mi'kmaq and was raised in Newfoundland. He trained for ministry at the Toronto-based Church Army Training College and was commissioned as a Church Army (now Threshold Ministries) evangelist in 1994.[2][3] He was ordained as a deacon in 2006 and as priest in 2007 in the Diocese of Moosonee. [3] BrantFrancis has worked as a prison chaplain, in Mission to Seafarers in the Diocese of Fredericton, and in parish ministry in Wemindji, a Cree community in remote northern Quebec, from 2006 to 2016 and in the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in the Diocese of Ontario from 2016 to 2025.[2]
In March 2025, he was elected bishop of Moosonee, the first diocesan bishop since 2013, when the diocese became a mission area of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario during a period of financial difficulty. He was consecrated and seated as a bishop on May 28, 2025, at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Timmins.[3][4]
Personal life
[edit]In 2017, BrantFrancis, a member of the Qalipu First Nation, was accepted into the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation.[1] He is married to Lisa BrantFrancis, a fellow priest and Threshold Ministries evangelist.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "TYENDINAGA MOHAWK COUNCIL MINUTES" (PDF). Ori-Wasi. Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte. March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ a b c Frankling, Sean (28 March 2025). "Rod BrantFrancis elected bishop of Moosonee". Anglican Journal. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ a b c Germond, Anne. "Announcement of the Election of 12th Bishop of Moosonee". Diocese of Moosonee. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ "Consecration of Rod BrantFrancis as Bishop for the Anglican diocese of Moosonee". YouTube. Diocese of Moosonee, Anglican Church of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2025.