British Columbia and The Yukon
The Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon was formed in 1914 as the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia. It was expanded in 1943 to incorporate the Diocese of Yukon, which was transferred from Rupert's Land. The province includes five dioceses:
- Caledonia (British Columbia),
- Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (British Columbia) (This region comprises the parishes of the former Anglican Diocese of Cariboo under the oversight of the Metropolitan, who assigns this responsibility to a suffragan bishop)
- British Columbia (British Columbia),
- Kootenay (British Columbia),
- New Westminster (British Columbia), and
- Yukon (Yukon).
The Metropolitan is the Most Rev. John Privett of the Diocese of Kootenay
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