Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John the Baptist Anglican Church (252 Hamilton Street, Manitou, Municipality of Pembina)

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This Anglican church at Manitou in the Municipality of Pembina was designed by Winnipeg architect Walter Chesterton and built by master carpenter Joshua H. Bradley (1864-1957) in 1903. A plaque inside commemorates one of its early clerics, William J. Rowe. The building is a municipally designated historic site (2010).

Rectors

Period

Rector

1884-1886

Rev. H. Jephson

1886-1888

Rev. E. P. Nicholl

1888-1890

Rev. W. R. Baker

1890-1901

Rev. N. Hewitt

1901-1902

Rev. H. W. Baldock

1902-1909

William James “Billy” Rowe (1872-1947)

1909-1911

Rev. N. La Touche Thompson

1911

Rev. J. W. O'Donnell

1911-1913

Rev. J. H. Gibson

1913-1917

Rev. W. C. Newman

1917-1922

Rev. F. Glover

1922-1923

Rev. A. Kitterson

1923-1927

Rev. A. Walker

1927-1932

Rev. P. C. Bays

1932-1936

Rev. F. Trow

1936-1941

Rupert Leslie Taylor (1905-1979)

1941-1942

Rev. A. L. Davis

1942-1945

Rev. R. Pierce Jones

1945-1948

Rev. George Kelly

1948-1952

Rev. John Bethel

1952-1954

Rev. F. W. Pierce

1954-1957

Rev. J. Scott Wilson

1957-1959

Rev. J. S. Matthews

1959-1962

Rev. John R. Lee

1962-1966

Rev. J. O. Ffolliott

1966-1967

James Ernest “Jim” Setter (1930-1990)

1967-1973

Rev. David B. Jackson

1973-1978

Rev. Ronald Stallard

1978-1979

Rev. Robert J. N. Willingham

1979-1982

Rev. Bruce Ward
Debrah Van Der Goes

1982-1993

Rev. E. S. McCollin Moore
Gladys Spuril

1993

Ian Mills

1993

Alvin Jacobs

Photos & Coordinates

St. John the Baptist Anglican Church at Manitou

St. John the Baptist Anglican Church at Manitou (1978) by Gordon Aikman
Source: Winnipeg Tribune, 7 October 1978, page 14

St. John the Baptist Anglican Church at Manitou

St. John the Baptist Anglican Church at Manitou (July 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

St. John the Baptist Anglican Church at Manitou

St. John the Baptist Anglican Church at Manitou (May 2021)
Source: George Penner

Interior of St. John the Baptist Anglican Church at Manitou

Interior of St. John the Baptist Anglican Church at Manitou (2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.24107, W98.54087
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Municipally Designated Historic Sites

Sources:

“Dedication of chimes at St. John’s Anglican,” Manitou Western Canadian, 7 May 1959, page 1.

In Rhythm With Our Roots: A History of Manitou & Area by Manitou Centennial Book Committee, 1997, page 159.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

We thank Bette Mueller, George Bradley, George Penner, and Darryl Resch for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 2 May 2024

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