What is the Bishop’s Council?
Officially, the Bishop’s Council is the standing committee of our diocesan synod. It consists of 31 people, some ex officio and some elected by diocesan synod members every three years.
Our Bishop’s Council is also the Diocesan Board of Finance (the official employer of diocesan staff and our legal charity status), the Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Committee (which decides on changes to parish boundaries and clergy deployment) and the Diocesan Parsonages Board.
This means the Bishop’s Council is a busy group! It meets eight times a year and examines issues and policy in more detail than the diocesan synod can hope to achieve.
The current Bishop’s Council members are:
Clergy:
- Bishop Jonathan Frost
- The Very Rev Anthony Cane
- The Ven Kathryn Percival
- The Ven Bob White
- The Rev James Hunt
- The Rev Coleen Jackson
- The Rev Ray Driscoll
- The Rev Amy Adeniran
- The Rev David Morgan
Laity:
- Philip Poulter
- Debbie Sutton
- Neil Chrimes
- Adrian Jordan
- Simon Lemieux
- Steven Smart
- John Gwynn
- Martin How
- Oyin Alonge
- Lucy Docherty
The following are General Synod representatives and attend Bishop’s Council as observers:
- The Rev Andrew Hargeaves
- The Rev Paul Chamberlain
- Ian Johnston
- Rebecca Hunt
