Bishops Nominate Four Candidates for Primacy

Two former members of the Anglican Diocese of Edmonton were among four nominees chosen last week by the Order of Bishops for the election of the next primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.

The nominees include Archbishop Greg Kerr-Wilson (Calgary), Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights, and former dean and rector of All Saints' Anglican Cathedral, Edmonton; and Bishop David Lehmann (Caledonia), former rector of St. George's, Fort Saskatchewan. The other candidates are National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Chris Harper and Bishop Riscylla Walsh-Shaw, suffragan bishop in the diocese of Toronto.

Voting in the primatial election will take place June 26 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, ON, during the next meeting of General Synod, with results announced the same day. The installation of the church’s 15th primate will follow on June 29. Read full story Photo: Lisa Barry