British Columbia parishes to be merged

Posted on September 22, 2008 
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Diocese of British ColumbiaShrinking attendance at Island churches is forcing the Anglican Church of Canada to close one Victoria parish and merge eight others in an effort to shore up the diocese’s finances.

St. Alban’s Church will be shuttered in the next one to three years as part of an Island-wide restructuring confirmed at the Diocese of B.C. leaders’ conference in Metchosin at the weekend.…

– Report from The Province. (Crest: Diocese of British Columbia.)