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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)
ProlocutorCanon Ian Alexander
Deputy ProlocutorThe Ven. Tanya Phibbs
ChancellorCanon Clare Burns
Interim General SecretaryCanon Ian Alexander (effective June 3, 2025)
General SecretaryThe Ven. Alan T. Perry
(on leave of absence effective June 3, 2025)
Treasurer and Chief Financial OfficerAmal Attia
National Indigenous Anglican ArchbishopThe 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