The Diocesan Convention

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Bishops at the opening of the 232nd Diocesan Convention.

For resolutions passed, election results and other information about the 2009 Diocesan Convention, click here.

 

The Bishop presides over the Diocesan Convention, the ultimate organizational decision-making body comprised of clergy and lay members. Convention meets annually for one or two days in November.

 

The Convention decides the Diocesan budget (based on recommendations from the Budget and Finance Committee of the Diocesan Council), elects members of the diocese’s various administrative, executive and judicial bodies and votes on any resolutions—including those that amend or add to the Constitution or Canons—that may be brought before it. When necessary, it elects the Bishop, the Bishop Coadjutor and the Bishop(s) Suffragan.

 

The 233rd Diocesan Convention will take place on Nov. 21, 2009, at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. For more information click here. 

 

 

 

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