Extensive Definition
=Introduction= A prolocutor is one who speaks for
others (Lat. pro, for, and loqui, to speak); specifically the
chairman of the lower house of convocation in the two
provinces of the Church of
England, who presides in that house and acts as representative
and spokesman in the upper house. He is elected by the lower house,
subject to the approval of the metropolitan.
Usage in the Anglican Church of Canada
In the
Anglican Church of Canada, the prolocutor acts as the deputy to
the
Primate. As such, he ranks as the second executive officer of
the
General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada. The current
prolocutor, elected in June 2007, is The Rev. Dr. Stephen
Andrews.