Richard John Boyce (29 November 1928 – April 20, 2020) was an American Anglican bishop. He served in the
Anglican Church in North America and the
Reformed Episcopal Church.
He was consecrated as a bishop of the
Orthodox Anglican Church, a
Continuing Anglican denomination by
James Parker Dees in 1986. He served as ordinary of the
Diocese of the West in the
Anglican Province of America until 2008, when he led most of the diocese into the
Reformed Episcopal Church. He joined the
Anglican Church in North America, when the
Reformed Episcopal Church 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 26 congregations. The name Cascadia was chosen because the Cascade Range is a prominent geographical feature of the ...
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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Bishops of the Reformed Episcopal Church
Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America
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