Canadian Primate Archbishop Fred Hiltz chaired his first meeting of the Cuban Episcopal Church’s Metropolitan Council during a visit to that country by a Canadian delegation Feb. 4 to 11. Archbishop Hiltz also attended a meeting of the Cuban diocesan synod, visited an ecumenical seminary in Matanzas and met Caridad Diego, the Cuban minister in charge of religious affairs.
![Archbishop Hiltz, pictured in the office of the Rev. Reinerio Arce Valentin, head of the Matanzas seminary, who collects crosses. VIANNEY (SAM) CARRIERE](https://www.anglican.ca/wp-content/uploads/1869.jpg)
The Canadian church’s delegation also included Archdeacon Michael Pollesel, General Secretary of General Synod, Bishop Michael Bird of Niagara, Paul Feheley, the Primate’s principal secretary and communications director Sam Carriere.
A gallery of photographs from the visit appears here.
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