Last updated 21st February 2018
The Diocesan Synod is composed of the three Houses of; Bishops, Clergy and Laity. It has a number of functions:
The Bishop has a duty to consult the Diocesan Synod on matters of general concern and importance to the Diocese.
The Diocesan Synod informs the Deanery Synods of the policies and problems of the Diocese and of the business to be dealt with by Diocesan Synod. Through Deanery Synods, Diocesan Synod should keep itself informed of events and opinions in the parishes and to give opportunities at its meetings for the discussion of matters raised by Deanery Synods and PCCs.
Blackburn Diocesan Synod meets two or three times per year usually at a venue in Preston or Blackburn
Members of Diocesan Synod can be nominated for election to Bishop's Council and Board of Finance Directors and nominate people for sub-committees such as; Finance, Budget, Propert, Mission and Pastoral.
The 'rules' for Diocesan Synod are documented in the Diocesan Synod Standing Orders
Elections to Diocesan Synod are held every three years. The next election process starts in The Diocese of Blackburn in April 2018. Each deanery has a fixed number of spaces for clergy, as a proportion of each deanery's clergy membership and spaces for lay members based on the total electoral roll for the deanery.
Lay members of Diocesan Synod become 'ex-officio' members of their local Parochial Church Council (PCC).
2018
| Saturday 17 March at 9.30am | St Christopher's CofE High School Queens Road West Church Accrington BB5 4AY |
| Saturday 14 July at 9.30 am | Preston St Cuthbert Fulwood |
| Saturday 13 October at 9.30 am | Preston St Cuthbert Fulwood |
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Synod Minutes2017
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