Education
University of Toronto. Trinity College; Upper Canada College.
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Andrew Hutchison
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Prior to his election at the General Synod of 2004, he was the bishop of Montreal and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Canada (which, despite its name, covers southern Quebec, the Maritimes, and Newfoundland). He was elected amid controversy over his support for blessing of same-sex unions (he had stated he does not favour same-sex marriage as such). Hutchison began his ecclesiastical career as a transitional deacon at Christ Church Deer Park in the Diocese of Toronto.
He is a graduate and lifelong supporter of Upper Canada College.
He studied at York University and the Trinity College, Toronto. Hutchison is fluent in English and French.
Hutchison delivered a response in late 2005 to the call for the destruction of Israel by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, condemning Ahmadinejad for his remarks which incite "hatred of the Jewish people and supporting violence against them."
In April 2006, Hutchison announced that he would be retiring in 2007 after the General Synod elected his successor. Fred Hiltz, Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, was elected Primate on 22 June 2007.
