meetings of the three Orders (Bishops, Clergy, and Laity) in which the Prolocutor and Deputy Prolocutor chair the Orders of Clergy and Laity. The antecedents of the Canadian office are in the Convocations of the Church of England, in which the Lower House comprises clergy, laity not being members of Convocations. Only clergy and laity, not bishops, may serve as Prolocutor. References Sources Anglicanism Anglican ecclesiastical offices Anglican Church of Canada