Richard John Boyce (29 November 1928 – April 20, 2020) was an American Anglican bishop. He served in the

Anglican Church in North America The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is a Christian denomination in the Anglican tradition in the United States and Canada. It also includes ten congregations in Mexico, two mission churches in Guatemala, and a missionary diocese in Cuba. ...

and the

Reformed Episcopal Church The Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) is an Anglican Church. It was founded in 1873 in New York City by George David Cummins, a former bishop of the Episcopal Church (United States), Protestant Episcopal Church. The REC is a founding member of the ...

. He was consecrated as a bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church, a

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denomination by James Parker Dees in 1986. He served as ordinary of the Diocese of the West in the

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until 2008, when he led most of the diocese into the

. He joined the

, when the

was one of their founding members in 2009. Boyce also served as vicar general of the

Diocese of Cascadia The Diocese of Cascadia is a founding diocese of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), created in June 2009. It encompasses 25 congregations. The name Cascadia (bioregion), Cascadia was chosen because the Cascade Range is a prominent geograp ...

during its formation, from 2009 to 2011. He retired from diocesan ministry in both jurisdictions in 2011. He died on April 20, 2020, aged 91 years old. He was the oldest bishop of his denomination.

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