Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon

The Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. It was founded in 1914 as the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia, but changed its name in 1943 when the Diocese of Yukon was incorporated from the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land. The territory covered by the province encompasses the civil province of British Columbia and Yukon. There are five dioceses and one "recognized territory [with] the status of a diocese" ^[1] in the province:

• British Columbia , also known as the diocese of Islands and Inlets (British Columbia)
• Caledonia (British Columbia)
• Kootenay (British Columbia)
• New Westminster (British Columbia)
• Yukon (Yukon)
• Territory of the People (British Columbia)

The former Diocese of Cariboo's operations were suspended as a result of insolvency arising from liability judgements in the cases of abuse at residential schools operated by the Diocese. The parishes within its territory were administered as the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior by a suffragan bishop to the metropolitan starting 2004, and became a "recognized territory [with] the status of a diocese" (since 2016 known as the Territory of the People) on November 14, 2015. ^[1]

Provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada are headed by a metropolitan, elected from among the province's diocesan bishops. This bishop then becomes archbishop of his or her diocese and metropolitan of the Province. The most recent metropolitan of the Province of British Columbia and Yukon was Lynne McNaughton of the Diocese of Kootenay prior to her resignation, with a successor scheduled to be elected early in 2025. ^[2]

Metropolitans of British Columbia and Yukon

	Name	Diocese	Dates
1st	Frederick Du Vernet	Archbishop of Caledonia	1915-1924
2nd	Adam de Pencier	Archbishop of New Westminster	1925–1940
3rd	Walter Adams	Archbishop of Kootenay and Yukon	1942–1951
4th	Harold Sexton	Archbishop of British Columbia	1952–1969
5th	Godfrey Gower	Archbishop of New Westminster	1969–1971
6th	Ralph Dean	Archbishop of Cariboo	1971–1973
(Acting)	John Frame	Bishop of Yukon	1973–1975
7th	David Somerville	Archbishop of New Westminster	1975–1980
8th	Douglas Hambidge	Archbishop of New Westminster	1981–1993
(Acting)	John Hannen	Bishop of Caledonia	1993–1994
9th	David Crawley	Archbishop of Kootenay	1994–2004
10th	Terry Buckle	Archbishop of Yukon	2005–2009
11th	John Privett	Archbishop of Kootenay	2009–2018
12th	Melissa Skelton	Archbishop of New Westminster	2018–2021
13th	Lynne McNaughton	Archbishop of Kootenay	2021–2024
14th	John Stephens	Archbishop of New Westminster	2025–

Suffragan bishops to the Metropolitan

• Gordon Light (2004–2008)
• Barbara Andrews (2009–2020)

See also

• Christianity portal

• Ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada
• List of dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada

References

1. Anglican Church of Canada — Highlights from the Council of General Synod: November 14, 2015 (Accessed 16 November 2015)
2. Puddister, Matthew (4 December 2024). "McNaughton resigns as metropolitan of B.C. and Yukon". Anglican Journal. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

External links

• The British Columbia and Yukon Anglican Youth Movement - The BCYAYM is the Anglican youth movement of the ecclesiastical province of BC and Yukon. The fall conference has taken place at Canadian Thanksgiving for more than 50 years.