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"Anglican Church of Canada — Highlights from the Council of General Synod: November 14, 2015 (Accessed 16 November 2015) 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.

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.

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

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

References

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.