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{{Short description|American Anglican bishop (1928–2020)}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| name = [[The Right Reverend]] Richard John Boyce
| title = Former Bishop, Diocese of the West, Reformed Episcopal Church
| image =
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| caption =
| church = [[Anglican Church in North America|Anglican]]
| archdiocese =
| diocese =
| see =
| term = 1986–2011
| predecessor =
| successor =

| ordination =
| ordinated_by =
| consecration = June 26, 1986
| consecrated_by = Bishop [[James Parker Dees]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Telegraph newspaper article: New Church Leaders|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qZwrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6368%2C3225940}}</ref>
| rank =

| birth_date = November 29, 1928
| birth_place =
| death_date = April 20, 2020
| death_place =
| other_post = Vicar General, Diocese of Cascadia
}}

'''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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

He was consecrated as a bishop of the [[Orthodox Anglican Church]], a [[Continuing Anglican]] denomination by [[James Parker Dees]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|title=Independent Sacramental Movement Database|url=http://www.independentsacramentalmovement.org/database-of-bishops/a-f|accessdate=21 August 2012}}</ref> He served as ordinary of the [[Reformed Episcopal Diocese of the West|Diocese of the West]] in the [[Anglican Province of America]] until 2008, when he led most of the diocese into the [[Reformed Episcopal Church]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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/}}</ref> He retired from diocesan ministry in both jurisdictions in 2011. He died on April 20, 2020, aged 91 years old.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He was the oldest bishop of his denomination.

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{{S-ttl|title=[[Diocese of Cascadia|Vicar General of the Diocese of Cascadia]]|years=2009–2011 }}
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