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General Convention Information
The 75th General
Convention of the Episcopal Church will be held June 13-21, 2006 in Columbus,
Ohio. Here are the answers to a couple of questions that came up in a
meeting held at St. Chad's to discuss some of the issues expected to arise at
the Convention.
First question was how many deputies does each diocese have to General Convention, is it set or dependent on the size of the Diocese? Answer--Each of the Episcopal Church's domestic and foreign dioceses (and the Convocation of Churches in Europe) is entitled to elect eight deputies, four lay persons and four priests and /or deacons. These deputies make up the House of Deputies. All Episcopalian bishops, active and retired, are entitled to seat, voice and vote in the House of Bishops (unless deprived of the privilege.)
Second Question
was how many diocese make up the Episcopal Church. Answer: There are 112
Diocese in the Episcopal Church, which are divided into 9 Provinces. Just an
interesting note, there are more than 7,200 parishes in the Episcopal Church
and approximately 2.4 million members.
Other websites that might be helpful to an
understanding of the General Convention are:
The Episcopal Church: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/index_new.htm
General Convention's Webpage: http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/53785_7534_ENG_HTM.htm?menu=menu71834
The Episcopal News Service: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens/
(There are links from there for convention, Election of the Presiding Bishop
and others. Check out the right hand side of this site.)
Interviews with the candidates for Presiding
Bishop: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_74145_ENG_HTM.htm
Suggested scripture
readings, prayers and meditations can be found at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/53785_74428_ENG_HTM.htm
The Windsor Report: www.anglicancommunion.org/commission/index.cfm Episcopal Church's initial response to part of the Windsor Report: www.episcopalchurch.org/documents/ToSetOurHopeOnChrist.pdf
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