Anglican Communion News Service - Digest News

November 5, 2005 - Electors in the ecclesiastical (church) province of British Columbia and the Yukon, meeting on Nov. 4 in Richmond, British Columbia, near Vancouver, chose Bishop Terrence Buckle of the diocese of the Yukon as metropolitan, or provincial archbishop.

Three bishops stood for election: Michael Ingham of the Vancouver-based diocese of New Westminster, James Cowan of the Victoria-based diocese of British Columbia and Bishop Buckle, who was elected after three ballots. There were 21 electors: members of the provincial executive council and the province's six diocesan bishops.

Archbishop Buckle, 64, had been acting metropolitan since the retirement last year of Archbishop David Crawley, formerly bishop of Kootenay. He was installed as metropolitan on Nov. 5 at St. Anne's church in Richmond. He remains the diocesan bishop of the Yukon.