Historic Sites of Manitoba: Regent United Church (Regent, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)

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Clerics | Photos & Coordinates | Sources

Church services began at Regent on 19 April 1914 in a vacant farm house. A manse was built in 1915. After Regent School was opened in 1916, church services were held there until the Regent Hall was built in 1927. The hall served as a home to church services until the Regent United Church was built in 1957.

The church closed in 1968. The building was purchased by the Evangelical Free Church and moved to Deloraine in 1970. Damaged by flood waters in 2005, it was sold and moved to a farm on Highway 3 east of Boissevain in 2007.

There are plans to install a commemorative plaque for the church on a monument for Regent School that stands near the former church site.

Clerics

Period	Cleric
1915-1917	Rev. T. R. Scott
1917-1922	Rev. Wotton
1922-1923	Rev. T. Constable
1924-1937	Rev. Henry A. Sutton
1938	D. Bruce Johnson
1938	Ian Harvey
1939-1940	Harold Wyman
1940-1943	Rev. W. O. Robinson Rev. T. W. Bailey
1943	Dr. Wyman
1944-1949	Rev. W. O. Robinson
1950	Rev. W. Crane
1951-1954	Adam Johnson
1955-1958	Rev. G. W. Thompson
1958-1961	Rev. S. H. Brown
1962-1967	Alistair A. Riddell (1930-2021)

Among the temporary clerics at Regent United Church was Robert James Harris.

Photos & Coordinates

The former Regent United Church (1970) Source: Larry and Diana Love Interior of the former Regent United Church (1970) Source: Barry More The former Regent United Church manse (1970) Source: Larry and Diana Love Moving the former Regent United Church to Deloraine (1970) Source: Barry More Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.34188, W100.31230 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Our Heritage 1867-1967, compiled by the Regent Women's Institute, 1967. [Manitoba Legislative Library]

Regent Our Heritage 1882-2013 by Barry More, 2014. [Manitoba Legislative Library]

We thank Larry Love, Diana Love, and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Barry More and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 October 2024

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