| Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
| British Columbia | |
| Rite: | Anglican |
| Province: | British Columbia and Yukon |
| Parishes: | 45 (2022)[1] |
| Members: | 4,890 (2022) |
| Bishop: | Anna Greenwood-Lee |
| Cathedral: | Christ Church Cathedral (Victoria, British Columbia) |
| Website: | bc.anglican.ca |
The Diocese of British Columbia, also known as the Anglican Diocese of Islands and Inlets,[2] is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada.
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 45 parishes serving nearly 7,000 Anglicans according to the most recent statistics published by the ACC.[3]
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.[4] Notable parishes include Christ Church Cathedral and the Church of St. John the Divine, both in Victoria. The current bishop is Anna Greenwood-Lee.[5]
As part of the diocese's commitments to making indigenous land acknowledgements, the diocese around June 2021 began replacing its formal name referencing the colonial identity of British Columbia with the alternative name Anglican Diocese of Islands and Inlets on its website, in its newsletters, and other publicity materials.[6] [7]
| Image | Name | Dates | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1859–1892 | ||||
| 2 | 1893–1911 | ||||
| 3 | 1912–1915 | Bishop of Ottawa 1915–1939, Metropolitan of Ontario 1933–39 | |||
| 4 | 1915–1916 | ||||
| 5 | 1916–1936 | ||||
| 6 | 1936–1967 | Archbishop of British Columbia 1952–1969 | |||
| 7 | 1967–1969 | ||||
| 8 | 1969–1979 | ||||
| 9 | 1979–1984 | ||||
| 10 | 1984–1991 | ||||
| 11 | 1992–2002 | ||||
| 12 | 2004–2012 | ||||
| 13 | 2014–2020 | ||||
| 14 | 2021–present |