Linda Nicholls


Linda Nicholls
Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
Archbishop Nicholls in 2020
ChurchAnglican Church of Canada
SeeExtra-diocesan
In office2019–present
PredecessorFred Hiltz
Orders
Ordination1986
Consecration2 February 2008
Personal details
Born (1954-10-25) October 25, 1954 (age 69)
NationalityCanadian
DenominationAnglicanism
Previous post(s)Bishop of Huron (2016–2019)[1]
Area Bishop (Trent-Durham), Diocese of Toronto (2008–2016)

Linda Carol Nicholls (born October 25, 1954)[2] is a Canadian Anglican bishop who has served as Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada since 2019. 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]

  1. ^ https://diohuron.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BishopLetter2Final.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "General Synod votes no to primatial term extension". www.anglicanjournal.com.
  3. ^ "Indigenous Canadians to have an archbishop". www.churchtimes.co.uk.

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