The orders of clergy and laity have elected Bishop Shane Parker of the diocese of Ottawa as the new primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. Parker was not on the list of candidates announced prior to the primatial election or on the first or second ballots of the day, but the Order of Bishops—which, according to church canons, nominates but does not vote for primatial candidates—added his name to the list of candidates on the third ballot in response to a motion from the Order of Laity ...
