Linda Nicholls | |
|---|---|
| Primate Emeritus of the Anglican Church of Canada | |
207)_(cropped).png) Nicholls in 2020 | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
| See | Extra-diocesan |
| In office | 2019–2024 |
| Predecessor | Fred Hiltz |
| Successor | Anne Germond (acting) |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Huron (2016–2019)[1] Area Bishop (Trent-Durham), Diocese of Toronto (2008–2016) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1986 |
| Consecration | 2 February 2008 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 25, 1954 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
Linda Carol Nicholls (born October 25, 1954)[2] is a Canadian Anglican bishop who served as Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada from 2019 until her retirement in 2024. She was previously Bishop of Huron from 2016 to 2019 and a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Toronto from 2008 to 2016. She is the first woman to head the Anglican Church of Canada and the second female primate in the Anglican Communion.[3]
- ^ https://diohuron.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BishopLetter2Final.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "General Synod votes no to primatial term extension". www.anglicanjournal.com.
- ^ "Indigenous Canadians to have an archbishop". www.churchtimes.co.uk.