Electoral Synod – March 26, 2025
Lay delegates, Clergy, and other Members of Synod will gather to elect the Twelfth Bishop of Moosonee in Cochrane, Ontario, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
This follows the decision taken by the Diocesan Synod at Timmins in June 2024 to return to full diocesan status with a resident diocesan bishop. Moosonee has been a mission area of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario since 2014.
Two candidates have accepted nominations to become the next Bishop of Moosonee. Both of them have years of experience in the Diocese.
Both candidates were asked to submit curriculum vitae. In addition, they were asked to respond to the Diocesan Profile and the Profile of Ministry of the Diocese of Moosonee. Their responses to the Profiles could take whatever form and length the candidates wished.
The Candidates
Meetings with the Candidates
Webinar-format Zoom meetings will be held with each of the candidates, and everyone is welcome to attend virtually. Prepared questions will be asked by several interviewers. Meeting attendees can pose questions by using the Zoom chat function:
- Canon Tom Stradwick on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. Click this link to attend the meeting live. Shortly after the meeting is finished you will be able to watch a replay on YouTube. We will post a link as soon as it is available; please check back here.
- Rod BrantFrancis on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. Click this link to attend the meeting live. Shortly after the meeting is finished you will be able to watch a replay on YouTube. We will post a link as soon as it is available; please check back here.
Within 24 hours after the meeting, print summaries and transcripts will be available on this site.
“Town-hall” format Zoom meetings will also be held, and everyone is welcome to attend virtually. All participants can ask questions, either by voice or by using the Zoom chat function.
- Canon Tom Stradwick on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. Click this link to attend the meeting live.
- Rod BrantFrancis on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. Click this link to attend the meeting live.
These meetings will not be available to watch later. However, summaries will be available on this site.
