2011 Episcopal Address
Job Description for Elected Positions (2011)195th (2011) Convention News and Information
Revised Order of Business for Convention
Due to scheduling conflicts, the Rt. Rev. Jean Zache Duracin, Bishop of Haiti, is able to be with us at Convention only through Friday evening, having to return to Haiti Saturday morning. Therefore, the attached revised Order of Business will be submitted to Convention, which will offer time for Bishop Duracin to address the Diocese on Friday instead of Saturday. Please note that Bishop Hollingsworth’s Episcopal Address will now take place at the start of the morning session on Saturday.
Please also note the following change in nominations: Fitzroy DaSilva is a nominee for Diocesan Council and no longer a nominee for Standing Committee. The Rev. Canon Will Mebane, Jr. has replaced the Rev. Aaron Gerlach as a nominee for Diocesan Council. The electronic Handbook includes the above changes.
Results from the 195th Convention of the Diocese of Ohio
Convention was held this year at the Marriott Cleveland East with dinner and the Convention Eucharist on Friday night at Trinity Cathedral. Results of elections can be found here.All eight resolutions passed, including two on the Denominational Health Plan (R-7 and R-8). R-5, which was a resolution Concerning High Volume, Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing or Fracking, passed with an amendment which can be found here. Convention voted to enter into partnerships with the Dioceses of Belize and Tanga and all canonical changes were approved.
Bishop Jean-Zache Duracin of Haiti addressed Convention on Friday and gave the sermon at the Convention Eucharist. Bishop Hollingsworth's Episcopal Address, in which he reported a year-long exploration into a new camp and retreat center in the diocese, can be found here.
195th Convention Handbooks now available for download
The handbook for the 195th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Ohio is now available for download. Bios from the nominees for elected positions can also be downloaded or they can be viewed on the nominations page. Please note that corrections have been made to the nominees for General Convention Provisional Deputy and Provincial Synod since the printing of the handbook was finished.
The Bishop's List of Clergy
195th Annual Diocesan Convention
November 11-12, 2011
The Bishop’s List of Clergy
The following is the Bishop’s List of Clergy eligible to vote at the Annual Convention. Please remember that if you are on this list, you are expected to be at Convention. (Title I, Canon 2. Sec. 1(a) It shall be the duty of all Clergy entitled to vote in the Convention to attend the same…)
If for any reason you find that you cannot attend, you must request to be officially excused by the Bishop prior to Convention so that voting privileges at subsequent conventions are not jeopardized. If you are canonically resident but not on this list and would like to be, you may petition the Bishop by October 21, 2011 for inclusion.
From the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Ohio:
Article II: The Convention
Sec. 2. Members of any Convention shall be:
(c) All deacons and presbyters not under discipline who are canonically resident in the Diocese and in charge of, or designated as assistant clergy in, any parish in canonical union with the Diocese, or employed by the Diocese, or certified to the Convention by the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese as serving the mission of the Church.
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