Diocese of British Columbia

The Diocese of British Columbia, also known as the Anglican Diocese of Islands and Inlets, 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.

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.The Clergy List for 1866 (London: George Cox, 1866) p. 459 Notable parishes include Christ Church Cathedral and the Church of St. John the Divine, both in Victoria. The current bishop is Anna Greenwood-Lee.

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.

Bishops of British Columbia Image Name Dates Notes 1 George Hills 1859–1892 2 William Perrin 1893–1911 3 Charles Roper 1912–1915 Bishop of Ottawa 1915–1939, Metropolitan of Ontario 1933–39 4 Augustine Scriven 1915–1916 5 Charles Schofield 1916–1936 6 Harold Sexton 1936–1967 Archbishop of British Columbia 1952–1969 7 John Anderson 1967–1969 8 Frederick Gartrell 1969–1979 9 Hywel Jones 1979–1984 10 Ron Shepherd 1984–1991 11 Barry Jenks 1992–2002 12 James Cowan 2004–2012 13 Logan McMenamie 2014–2020 14 Anna Greenwood-Lee 2021–present

Diocese of British Columbia

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