Independent Anglican Church Canada Synod
The Independent Anglican Church (Canada Synod) (IACCS) is a Christian denomination in the Anglican tradition with churches in Canada and the United States of America. It is not affiliated with the Anglican Communion headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Most Rev. Peter Wayne Goodrich of Niagara Falls, Ontario, is its Primate. There are three suffragan bishops.
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