He continues to serve the Diocese of Brandon as well as the National Church as Secretary to the House of Bishops, Member of the Communications and Information Committee and as a Pension Trustee for the General Synod Pension Plan. He was consecrated Bishop on March 1, 2016, by Archbishop Greg Kerr-Wilson, assisted by the Primate of Canada and the bishops of Edmonton, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Qu'Appelle, Rupert's Land, Niagara, Huron, the retired bishop of the Diocese of Brandon, and the Lutheran bishop of the Manitoba and Northern Synod of the ELCIC. A regular speaker across Canada on issues facing young people and their faith he has been published in journals and periodicals especially on the topic of the needs of youth and intentional Bible study and discipleship.Ĭliff was elected bishop in 2015 and consecrated after moving to Brandon in 2016. He served here for over 13 years with a vibrant outreach to undergraduate students and a busy worship life at Huron's Chapel. John the Evangelist, Huron University College, Chaplain to Huron University College, and Anglican Chaplain to the University of Western Ontario. In 2002, Cliff was appointed Rector of the Collegiate Chapel of St. James' Church in Hanover, Ontario (1995-1998) and then to St. Terry Dance at Trinity Church in Simcoe, Ontario (1992-1995) before moving to his first parish as Rector in Grey County at Trinity Church, Durham and St. He was ordained deacon on May 14, 1992, by Suffragan Bishop Robert Townshend of the Diocese of Huron, and ordained priest on November 30, 1992, by Archbishop Percy O'Driscoll of the Diocese of Huron.Ĭliff served as Curate to The Rev. in Religious Studies before attending Huron University College from 1989 to 1992. Following this, he attended King's at Western for a B.A. Following this, he attended the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Music from 1984 to 1988. Cliff attended his local primary school, Wyoming Public, before skipping Grade 8 and attending Lambton Central Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Petrolia from 1979 to 1984. He was born in 1966, in Sarnia, Ontario and raised in nearby Wyoming, Ontario. On April 29, 2023, Cliff was elected the 13th bishop of the Diocese of Ontario. Since 2016, he has been bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Brandon.

William Grant Cliff (born 1966) is a Canadian Anglican bishop and musician.

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