Richard Boyce (bishop)

{{Short description|American Anglican bishop (1928–2020)}}

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| name = The Right Reverend
Richard John Boyce

| title = Former Bishop, Diocese of the West, Reformed Episcopal Church

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| church = Anglican

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| term = 1986–2011

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| consecration = June 26, 1986

| consecrated_by = Bishop James Parker Dees{{cite web|title=Telegraph newspaper article: New Church Leaders|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qZwrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6368%2C3225940}}

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| birth_date = November 29, 1928

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| death_date = April 20, 2020

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| other_post = Vicar General, Diocese of Cascadia

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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.{{cite web|title=Bishops - Diocese of the West|url=http://dow-rec.org/node/4|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707191722/http://dow-rec.org/node/4|archivedate=2012-07-07}}

He was consecrated as a bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church, a Continuing Anglican denomination by James Parker Dees in 1986.{{cite web|title=Independent Sacramental Movement Database|url=http://www.independentsacramentalmovement.org/database-of-bishops/a-f|accessdate=21 August 2012}} 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.{{cite web|last=Spaulding|first=Wallace|title=The Continuum and Its Problems|url=http://anglicanrose.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/continuumproblems.pdf|accessdate=21 August 2012}}{{cite web|title=APA's Diocese of the West Seeking Intercommunion with REC and Common Cause|url=http://www.sandiegoanglicans.com/node/504|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107041516/http://sandiegoanglicans.com/node/504|archivedate=2009-01-07}} 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 during its formation, from 2009 to 2011.{{cite web|last=Conger|first=George|title=Conger's Consecration List|url=http://geoconger1.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/the-bishop-of-cascadia-the-rt-rev-kevin-bond-allen/}} He retired from diocesan ministry in both jurisdictions in 2011. He died on April 20, 2020, aged 91 years old.{{cite web |title=Richard John Boyce |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=richard-john-boyce&pid=196043974 |website=The Seattle Times |accessdate=19 May 2020}} He was the oldest bishop of his denomination.