Presidents and Deans
Convocation Presidents & Deans
See Canon 24
At Fall Mission Days, each convocation elects a lay person to serve as President for a three-year term that begins at the conclusion of the next annual Council. A President who has served a full three-year term cannot be re-elected President until the Fall Mission Day meeting following the end of that full term.
Convocation Presidents:
- serve on the Executive Board of the diocese
- assist in all the common tasks of the diocese
- preside over convocation meetings
- perform other duties as assigned by the Bishop or the Executive Board
Also at Fall Mission Days, each convocation elects a member of the clergy to serve as its Dean for a one-year term that begins at the conclusion of the next annual Council. A Dean may be re-elected to a maximum of two additional consecutive terms after which he or she is not eligible to be elected again until the Fall Mission Day meeting following the end of that three-year period.
Convocation Deans:
- provide general supervision of deacons not otherwise supervised
- help maintain a regular schedule of communion services in congregations without priests
- promote missionary development and education as directed by the Bishop
- institute new clergy when requested by the Bishop
- preside over convocation meetings in the absence of the President
- perform other duties as assigned by the Bishop or the Executive Board
Presidents and Deans:
- plan and organize the spring convocation meetings, Fall Mission Days, and the January pre-Council convocation meeting
- assist in the worship celebrations at Council
Current Deans and Presidents are listed on their convocations' pages: