Diocese of British Columbia

The Diocese of British Columbia is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada.

Diocese of British Columbia
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceBritish Columbia and Yukon
Statistics
Parishes55
Members13,000
Information
RiteAnglican
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral (Victoria, British Columbia)
Current leadership
BishopLogan McMenamie
Website
bc.anglican.ca

Despite the name, the diocese comprises only the 32,630 square kilometres of Vancouver Island and the adjacent Gulf Islands in the civil Province of British Columbia. Its see city is Victoria, and it presently maintains fifty-five parishes serving nearly 13,000 Anglicans.

The diocese was established in 1859, and is the oldest in the ecclesiastical province, once extending over the entire civil province of British Columbia, hence the origin of its name. Its first bishop was George Hills. In 1866, there were two archdeaconries: H. P. Wright was Archdeacon of Columbia and Samuel Gilson of Vancouver.[1] Notable parishes include Christ Church Cathedral and the Church of St. John the Divine, both in Victoria. The current bishop is Logan McMenamie.[2]

Bishops of British Columbia
BishopNameDatesNotes
1stGeorge Hills1859–1892
2ndWilliam Perrin1893–1911
3rdCharles Roper1912–1915Bishop of Ottawa 1915–1939, Metropolitan of Ontario 1933–39
4thAugustine Scriven1915–1916
5thCharles Schofield1916–1936
6thHarold Sexton1936–1967Archbishop of British Columbia 1952–1969
7thJohn Anderson1967–1969
8thFrederick Gartrell1969–1979
9thHywel Jones1979–1984
10thRon Shepherd1984–1991
11thBarry Jenks1992–2002
12thJames Cowan2004–2012
13thLogan McMenamie2014–2020

Further reading
  • Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Church Directory, 2007. Anglican Book Centre, 2006.

References
  1. The Clergy List for 1866 (London: George Cox, 1866) p. 459
  2. "Logan McMenamie". The Anglican Diocese of British Columbia. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.



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