The Reverend Graeme Brownlee died on Monday, November 8, 2021 in Royal Columbian Hospital after a short illness. We give thanks for his ministry in our diocese and in the Anglican Church of Canada.
Prior to attending seminary, Graeme served as a server, sides person, Sunday school teacher and superintendent, licensed lay reader, and People’s Warden. He also served on deanery committees in the Diocese of Toronto.
Graeme graduated from the University of Emmanuel College, Saskatoon, with a Bachelor of Theology in 1983.
He was ordained to the diaconate and the priesthood in 1983. He served as Rector of Spiritwood in the Diocese of Saskatchewan from 1983 to 1987, and as Incumbent of the Big Country Parish in the Diocese of Qu’Appelle from 1987 to 1999. He was Regional Dean of Kinrose Deanery from 1989 to 1999. Graeme was a chaplain to a number of church camps and a Chaplain in the Order of St Luke. He helped found the Crisis Centre in Spiritwood, SK, served on the board of the Crisis Centre in Kindersley,SK, and spent five years as member of the board of Canadian Association of Pastoral Education-Saskatchewan.
In 2001, Graeme transferred from the Diocese of Qu’Appelle to the Diocese of New Westminster and was appointed Incumbent of St Augustine, Marpole, where he served until he retired in 2008.
Also in 2001, Graeme married Mavis Scott at St Bartholomew, Gibsons. After Mavis was ordained, they eventually moved to the Diocese of Ottawa in 2009, where Mavis served in parish ministry in West Quebec and as an Archdeacon. Graeme and Mavis returned to Vancouver in 2019, although they maintained their connection to their vineyard in Quebec.
A service will take place Saturday, November 27, 2pm at St. John's, Shaughnessy. Clergy are invited to vest and process. The liturgical colour will be white.
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- The Reverend Graeme Brownlee at the Retired Clergy and Spouses Sping Luncheon, May, 2019.
Photo: Jane Dittrich