Convocations of Canterbury and York
The Convocations are assemblies consisting of bishops and clergy of the two provinces. They pre-date the General Synod (and its predecessor, the Church Assembly) by several centuries. When the General Synod was created in 1970, it took on most of their functions, but the Convocations still meet on a very occasional basis to consider matters of particular concern to clergy (e.g. in relation to their professional conduct prior to guidelines being issued in 2015). They consist of an Upper House – made up of members of the General Synod’s House of Bishops – and a Lower House made up of the members of the General Synod’s House of Clergy, each from the respective province. The Chair of the respective provincial House of Clergy is known as the Prolocutor.
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Officers
Convocation of Canterbury
President: Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby (Archbishop of Canterbury)
Prolocutor of the Lower House: Ven Luke Miller
Pro-Prolocutors: Ven Alastair Cutting
Revd Esther Prior
Other members of the Standing Committee of the Lower House:
Revd Barney de Berry (Canterbury)
Ven Fiona Gibson (Hereford)
Revd Canon Tim Goode (Southwark)
Revd Julian Hollywell (Derby)
Revd Mark Wallace (Chelmsford)
Registrar: The Revd Alexander McGregor
Synodical Secretary: The Revd Stephen Trott
Ostiarius: Mr Stephen Stokes
Convocation of York
President: Most Revd and Rt Hon Stephen Cottrell (Archbishop of York)
Prolocutor of the Lower House: Revd Canon Kate Wharton
Deputy Prolocutors: Ven Stewart Fyfe
Revd Canon Dr Andy Salmon
Assessors for the Upper House:
The Rt Revd James Newcome (Bishop of Carlisle)
The Rt Revd Mark Tanner (Bishop of Chester)
Assessors for the Lower House:
Revd Canon Paul Cartwright (Leeds)
Revd Dr Rob Munro (Chester)
Revd Dr Ian Paul (Southwell & Nottingham)
Four other Assessors approved by the Prolocutor:
Revd Canon Joyce Jones (Leeds)
Revd Eleanor Robertshaw (Sheffield)
Revd Christian Selvaratnam (York)
Revd Canon Marcia Wall (Manchester)
Registrar: Mrs Louise Connacher
Synodal Secretary: The Revd Paul Benfield
Apparitor: Mr Alex Carberry
The Convocation of York is seeking two UKME/GMH priests to join the Convocation. Please see the video for more information.