Annual Convention

The Diocese of Connecticut meets in a business session once a year.
The 226th Convention will be held October 22-23, 2010 at Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford. General info and forms for resolutions and nominations are below on this page. 

Call to Convention Letter dated Feb. 8, 2010 from the Secretary of Convention to parish rectors and clerks for 2010 Annual Diocesan Convention.

RESOLUTIONS: Click here for info about submitting resolutions to Convention. (Includes accountability requirement and its form). Nominations, formatted appropriately, are due by Sept. 7, 2010. Details are on the linked document.

NOMINATIONS/ELECTIONS: Elections are held at every Convention. General  Convention deputies are elected once every three years,  two years prior to the succeeding General Convention (2010 for 2012; 2013 for 2015, etc.) Two representative to Province One Synod, one clergy and one laity, are also elected in those years.  Click here for info about Standing Committee members, General Convention deputies, Provincial Synod deputies. Links to Standing Committee, Province I, and General Convention. The General Convention 2010 will be July 4 - 13 in Indianapolis. Among the resolutions they will consider is the proposed Anglican Covenant. Deputies elected in CT this fall will be asked to read the Covenant, develop and implement a process to engage the diocese in reviewing the document, and then to file a response to questions posed by the Executive Committee of the Episcopal Church.

Nomination forms. Click here for clergy nominees. Click here for lay nominees. Forms need original signatures so must be printed and mailed or hand-delivered. The new form can be completed online before printing out for signatures and mailing. Nominations are due by Sept. 7, 2010, the return address is on the form. Return a digital photo separately; details on form.

LAY DELEGATES: Lay delegates must be elected (or re-elected) at the parish annual meeting. Lay Delegate Certification form must be signed by the parish clerk and is due (address provided) by June 4, 2010. One lay delegate per parish. Two lay delegates if parish has more than 200 communicants in good standing. Same number of alternates (substitutes) as delegates. Numbers based on prior year's parochial report data. Click here for lay delegate certification form.

Resolutions and nominations are due by Sept. 7, 2010. Addresses for submission are on the forms, above.

Link to Connecticut Constitution & Canons