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Council of the General Synod 2023 – 2025

The Council of the General Synod was constituted at the forty-third session of General Synod in June/July 2023 in Calgary, Alberta.

PresidentThe Most Rev. Anne Germond (September 2024 – present)
The Most Rev. Linda Nicholls (2023 – September 2024)
Prolocutor Canon Ian Alexander 
Deputy Prolocutor The Ven. Tanya Phibbs 
ChancellorCanon Clare Burns 
General SecretaryThe Ven. Alan T. Perry 
Treasurer and Chief Financial OfficerAmal Attia 
National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop The Most Rev. Chris Harper 

Elected Members

Province of British Columbia and Yukon

The Rt. Rev. David T.J. Lehmann, Bishop
The Rev. Walter Kagura, Clergy
Sarah E. Lehman, Laity
Canon Andrew Stephens-Rennie, Laity
Charlotte Hardy, Youth

Province of Rupert’s Land 

The Rt. Rev. Helen J. Kennedy, Bishop
The Ven. Jonathan Hoskin, Clergy
The Rev. Victor Johnson, Clergy
Robert Kamenawatamin, Laity 
Hannah Wygiera, Laity (October 2024 – present)
Ruth-Anne Marley, Laity (2023 – October 2024) 
Brenda Brochu (October 2024 – present)
Dr. John Rye, Laity (2023 – October 2024)
Nadia Sinclair, Youth (2023 – May 2024) 

Province of Ontario

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Susan Bell, Bishop 
The Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Fields, Clergy 
Kim Chadsey, Laity
Dorothy Russell Patterson, Laity 
Adam MacNeil, Youth

Province of Canada

The Rt. Rev. John Watton, Bishop 
The Ven. Victor-David Mbuyi Bipungu, Clergy 
Edith Marshall, Laity 
Ruth Travers, Laity 
Skyeler Quilty, Youth 

Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples 

The Rev. Canon Dr. Murray Still
Rosie Jane Tailfeathers

Anglican Military Ordinariate

Major the Rev. Canon Bradley Smith 

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

The Rev. Chris Bishopp 

Partners

The Episcopal Church 

Warren Hawk (July 2024 – present)
Sr. Liza Anderson (2023 – July 2024) 

Alongside Hope 

The Rev. Cynthia Haines Turner