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C1SCHEDULE 3 Church Representation Rules

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Part IV Diocesan Synods

Membership of Diocesan Synods

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1

A diocesan synod shall consist of F1a house of bishops, a house of clergy and a house of laity.

F21A

The members of the house of bishops shall consist of the bishop of the diocese, every suffragan bishop of the diocese and such other person or persons, being a person or persons in episcopal orders working in the diocese, as the bishop of the diocese, with the concurrence of the archbishop of the province, may nominate.

1B

The bishop of the diocese shall be the president of the diocesan synod.

2

The members of the house of clergy shall consist of—

a

the following ex-officio members, that is to say:—

F3i

any person or persons in episcopal orders nominated by the bishop of the diocese, other than a suffragan bishop or a person nominated under paragraph (1A) of this rule;

ii

the dean or provost of the cathedral (including in appropriate dioceses, the Dean of Westminster, the Dean of Windsor and the Deans of Jersey and Guernsey);

iii

the archdeacons;

iv

the proctors elected from the diocese or from any university in the diocese (the University of London being F4treated for this purpose as being wholly in the diocese of London) to the Lower House of the Convocation of the Province, excluding the registrar of the diocese (if so elected);

F5v

any other member of that House, being the person chosen by and from among the clerical members of religious communities in the Province, who resides in the diocese;

F6vi

the chancellor of the diocese (if in Holy Orders); and

F6vii

the chairman of the diocesan board of finance F7and the chairman of the diocesan advisory committee(if in Holy Orders);

b

members elected by the houses of clergy of the deanery synods in the diocese in accordance with the next following rules; and

c

not more than five members (being clerks in Holy Orders) co-opted by the house of clergy of the diocesan synod.

3

The members of the house of laity shall consist of:—

a

the following ex-officio members, that is to say:—

i

the chancellor of the diocese (if not in Holy Orders);

ii

the chairman of the diocesan board of finance F7and the chairman of the diocesan advisory committee(if not in Holy Orders);

iii

the members elected from the diocese to the House of Laity of the General Synod, excluding the registrar of the diocese (if so elected);

F8iv

any other member of that House, being F9an ex officio or co-opted member of the House of Laity of the General Synod or a person chosen by and from among the lay members of religious communities in the Province, who resides in the diocese;

b

members elected by the houses of laity of the deanery synods in the diocese in accordance with the next following rules; and

c

not more than five members co-opted by the house of laity of the diocesan synod, who shall be actual communicant members of the Church of England of age to vote at a Parliamentary election.

4

The bishop of the diocese may nominate ten additional members of the diocesan synod, who may be of the clergy or the laity and shall be members of the appropriate house. F10Except in regard to their appointment the nominated members shall have the same rights and be subject to the same rules as elected members. Where necessary the bishop’s council and standing committee shall designate the deanary synod of which the nominated member shall be a member and, where a nominated lay person is on more than one electoral roll, he shall choose the parochial council of which he is to be a member.

F115

No person, other than the chancellor of a diocese, shall be entitled to be a member of more than one diocesan synod at the same time.