Editing Proctor (section)

==Ecclesiastical==
In the context of the [[Church of England]], a proctor represents clergy in [[convocation]]. The Lower Houses of the [[Convocation of the English Clergy|Convocations of Canterbury and York]] include ''specially elected'' proctors (the deans of cathedrals and the Dean of either Jersey or Guernsey) and ''directly elected'' proctors (representing beneficed and licensed clergy, clergy with permission to officiate, archdeacons, clergy holding office in a cathedral, religious communities, universities and institutions of theological education).<ref>''[https://www.churchofengland.org/more/policy-and-thinking/canons-church-england/section-h Canons of the Church of England]'', Canon H 2.
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[https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-12/gs%201975%20-%20seat%20allocation%202015.pdf ''General Synod Elections 2015''] (GS 1975).</ref>