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The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada has elected Archdeacon Tanya Phibbs, currently its deputy prolocutor, as its new prolocutor and Brian Lee, a lay member of General Synod from the diocese of Brandon, as its deputy prolocutor.

Council of General Synod (CoGS) will work with ecumenical partners to encourage the study of principles of accessibility and inclusion across the Anglican Church of Canada, including the tenets of disability theology, after General Synod voted for an amended resolution June 25.

Council of General Synod COUNCIL OF GENERAL SYNOD ELECTED AND APPOINTED MEMBERS 2025-2028 ELECTED MEMBERS PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA & YUKON PROVINCE OF NORTHERN LIGHTS PROVINCE OF ONTARIO PROVINCE OF CANADA ANGLICAN COUNCIL OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ANGLICAN MILITARY ORDINARIATE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CANADA To be elected at the ELCIC National Convention July 2025 PARTNERS…

General Synod has voted to add additional advocacy, ministry and communications to the support the Anglican Church of Canada offers to migrant farmworkers.

The orders of clergy and laity have elected Bishop Shane Parker of the diocese of Ottawa as the new primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.

Second Ballot Mr. Shawn Branch95 (47%)Mr. Brian Lee108 (53%) First Ballot Mr. Shawn Branch91 (45.5%)Mr. Brian Lee91 (45.5%)Ms. Alicia L. Sandham17 (9%)

The Rt. Rev. Shane Parker, Bishop of Ottawa, was elected the 15th Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada on June 26, 2025, at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Ontario, during the 44th session of the General Synod.

The Right Reverend Shane Parker has been elected the 15th Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada Results of the fifth ballot for Primate Name of CandidateOrder of Clergyout of 81Order of Laityout of 104Totalout of 185The Right Reverend Riscylla Shaw28 (35%)34 (33%)62 (34%)The Right Reverend Shane Parker53 (65%)68 (65%)121 (65%) The Order of Clergy…

Mr. Shawn Branch2914%The Ven. Jordan Haynie-Ware4421%The Ven. Tanya M. Phibbs12961%Alicia L. Sandham94% The Ven. Tanya M. Phibbs is hereby elected as Prolocutor of General Synod for 2025-2028.

Having established a self-determining Indigenous church within the Anglican Church of Canada, Indigenous Anglicans are now building on that foundation to further shape its ministries and governance, members of the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) told General Synod on June 24.