Lent 2003

Canon James E. Provence Consecrated Bishop Coadjutor for DWS

The Rev. Canon James E. Provence was elected Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of the Western States on January 24, 2003, at a Synod in Berkeley, California.

Canon Provence began his association with this Province in 1977 as a founding member of one of the first six congregations of the original Diocese of Christ the King. He entered St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College in 1980 and graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree and was ordained Deacon and Priest by the Rt. Rev. Robert Sherwood Morse. The Rev. Canon Francis W. Read gave him post-gradutate training in canon law and together they drafting the original Canons for the Anglican Province of Christ the King.

Canon Provence was founding Rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, Burlingame, California, and served as Rector of St. Stephen's, Oakville, California. Currently he is Vicar of St. Thomas', San Francisco. Along with his parochial experience, Canon Provence has extensive administrative knowledge, assisting the Archbishop since 1992 as Canon to the Ordinary of the Diocese of the Western States and serving the Archbishop as Provincial Vice-chancellor for Canon Law.

Canon Provence was consecrated on the Feast of St. David, 11 a.m. on March 1, 2003, at the Pro-cathedral of St. Peter, Oakland, California.