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Bishop
Fred Hiltz elected Anglican Primate
Winnipeg,
June 22, 2007 -- The Anglican Church of Canada has chosen Bishop Fred
Hiltz of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as its 13th Primate or
national leader.
Bishop
Hiltz was elected by the church's General Synod, meeting in Winnipeg, on
the 5th ballot, from among four bishops nominated last April by a
gathering of all Canadian bishops.
Bishop
Hiltz, 53, will succeed Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, elected three years
ago, who announced earlier that he would retire at the end of the General
Synod gathering now underway.
Bishop
Hiltz was elected assistant bishop of the diocese of Nova Scotia and
Prince Edward Island in 1995 and elected diocesan bishop in 2002. He was a
member of the Council of General Synod from 2001 to 2004 and, since, 2006,
has served as the Anglican Co-Chair of the Anglican-Lutheran International
Commission.
In
a statement after his nomination for the primacy, Bishop Hiltz described
the Primate as "a servant of the people of God (whose) ministry is to
gather the Church, to unite its members in a holy fellowship of truth and
love, and to inspire them in the service of Christ's mission in the
world."
He
is married to Lynne Samways and they have one son.
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