“We have deep healing to work at. And I know that this church can do it,” Linda Nicholls, bishop of the diocese of Huron and primate-elect of the Anglican Church of Canada, told General Synod shortly after voting results were announced Saturday, July 13. Photo: Milos Posic

[Anglican Journal] Linda Nicholls, bishop of the diocese of Huron, was elected 14th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada on July 13, becoming the first woman in the history of the church to hold the position.

“You have bestowed on me an honor that I can hardly imagine, and it is terrifying. But it is also a gift, to be able to walk with the whole of the Anglican Church of Canada from coast to coast to coast,” Nicholls said in a brief impromptu speech on her arrival, after the vote at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, where the election was held.

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