Editing Prolocutor (section)

==Usage in the Church of England==
In the [[Church of England]], the Prolocutor is chair of the lower house of the [[Convocations of Canterbury and York]], the House of Clergy. The Prolocutor presides in that house and acts as representative and spokesperson in the upper house. They are elected by the lower house in the [[Province of Canterbury]] and [[Province of York]] for a period of five years at the beginning of each quinquennium of the [[General Synod of the Church of England]]. The two Convocations each also elect two deputies, known in the Northern Province as the Deputy Prolocutor, and in the Southern Province as the Pro-Prolocutor.

The Prolocutor plays a role in the Confirmation of Election of a bishop or archbishop, 'supporting' (in some cases) a member of the lower house moving to the upper house. <ref>[http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/data/files/resources/5014/Order-of-Service-confirmation-of-election-of-Archbishop-of-Canterbury-4-Feb-2013.pdf e.g. p. 23 of Order of Service – Confirmation of election of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 4 February 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111507/http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/data/files/resources/5014/Order-of-Service-confirmation-of-election-of-Archbishop-of-Canterbury-4-Feb-2013.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }} (Accessed 8 April 2017)</ref>

Following the inauguration of the General Synod in 2015, Simon Butler was elected as the Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of Canterbury. [[Cherry Vann]] was elected as Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of York, but on her being made Bishop of Monmouth in January 2020, Chris Newlands was elected in her place. The current Prolocutor is Revd Kate Wharton. The current Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of Canterbury is Ven. [[Luke Miller]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.churchofengland.org/about/general-synod/structure/convocations-canterbury-and-york|title=Convocations of Canterbury and York|accessdate=18 November 2024}}</ref>

The term means one who speaks for others (Lat. ''pro'', for, and ''loqui'', to speak).