Metropolitans of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon
To date there have been 10 Metropolitans of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon. The Province is the youngest (of four) in the Anglican Church of Canada and was founded in 1914 as the Province of British Columbia. The Province of British Columbia and Yukon is now comprised of 6 dioceses: British Columbia (founded 1859), Caledonia (founded 1879), New Westminster (founded 1879), Yukon (founded as Selkirk in 1891 and name changed to Yukon in 1941, originally in Province of Rupert's Land but transferred to Province of British Columbia in 1941), Kootenay (founded 1899) and Cariboo (founded 1914, its parishes now administered by Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior). Metropolitans are elected by provincial synod and are accorded the title of Archbishop (of their diocese) and addressed as "The Most Reverend".
Metropolitical No. |
Dates as Metropolitan |
Name |
1st |
1915-1924 |
The Most Rev. Frederick Herbert Du Vernet (1860-1924) Archbishop of Caledonia |
2nd |
1925-1940 |
The Most Rev. Adam Urias De Pencier (1866-1949) Archbishop of New Westminster |
3rd |
1942-1951 |
The Most Rev. Walter Robert Adams (1877-1957) Archbishop of Kootenay |
4th |
1952-1969 |
The Most Rev. Harold Eustace Sexton (1888-1972) Archbishop of British Columbia |
5th |
1969-1971 |
The Most Rev. Godfrey Philip Gower (1899-1992) Archbishop of New Westminster |
6th |
1971-1973 |
The Most Rev. Ralph Stanley Dean (1913-1987) Archbishop of Cariboo |
(Acting Metropolitan) |
1973-1975 |
The Most Rev. John Timothy Frame Bishop of Yukon |
7th |
1975-1980 |
The Most Rev. (Thomas) David Somerville Archbishop of New Westminster |
8th |
1981-1993 |
The Most Rev. Douglas Walter Hambidge Archbishop of New Westminster |
9th |
1994-2004 |
The Most Rev. David Perry Crawley Archbishop of Kootenay |
10th |
2005- |
The Most Rev. Terrence Owen Buckle Archbishop of Yukon |