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 to serve as a bishop in The Episcopal Church. Prior to this, she worked as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation counselor.
Bishop Akiyama was ordained to the diaconate in 1988 at St. Mark the Evangelist in Hood River, Oregon, and in 1989 to the priesthood, serving as Associate Dean (and Acting Dean) of Stanford Memorial Church at Stanford University.
She later became the Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life at Occidental College, where she oversaw a $2 million Lilly Endowment grant for the college. Upon moving to the Big Island of Hawai’i in 2013, she was appointed the dean of the local diocesan formation program (Waiolaihui’ia) while also serving as Vicar of St. Augustine’s in Kapaau.
Diana 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 the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and a BS from the University of Oregon.
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