Bishop, The Episcopal Church in Western Oregon
Portland, OR
The Rt. Rev. Diana D. Akiyama is the 11th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon and the first Asian American woman bishop in The Episcopal Church. In her early career, Bishop Akiyama worked as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation counselor before she began her work in the Church, which started in 1988 when she was ordained to the diaconate at St. Mark the Evangelist in Hood River, Oregon. Following this, in 1989, she was ordained to the priesthood and served as Associate Dean (and Acting Dean) of Stanford Memorial Church at Stanford University. She later served as the Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life at Occidental College where she oversaw a $2 million Lilly Endowment grant for the College. She moved to the Big Island of Hawai’i in 2013 where she was appointed the Dean of the local diocesan formation program (Waiolaihui’ia) while also serving as Vicar of St. Augustine’s in Kapaau.
Bishop Akiyama was elected to her first term on The Church Pension Fund Board of Trustees in 2024.
She received a PhD in Religion and Social Ethics from the University of Southern California, an MDiv from Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and a BS from the University of Oregon.
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