Canon Bob Williams

As Canon for Community Relations, Bob Williams serves the six-county Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and its bishops as director of communication, public affairs, special events, and archival/historical records. He also is active in initiatives including interfaith collaboration, global partnerships, and education advocacy.

Based in New York in 2004-2008, he served as director of the Episcopal Church's Office of Communication and its news service, for which he has reported from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and across the Americas. In 1998, he was editor of the newspaper of the Lambeth Conference of Bishops, an every-decade international gathering convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

An advocate for effective communication in diverse multicultural contexts, he regularly teaches media strategy at Bloy House, the Episcopal Theological School at Claremont, and language arts courses in Los Angeles community adult schools. He is a fourth-generation Southern Californian.

He currently serves as co-president of the Council along with Father Alexei Smith.