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 new 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 general info about Standing Committee members, General Convention deputies, Provincial Synod representatives.

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. 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 form.

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

Link to Connecticut Constitution & Canons