Sentences with phrase «diocesan synod»
Lord Young supports the west London football club Queens Park Rangers (QPR)[40] and has served as a churchwarden and a member of a diocesan synod in the Church of England.
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Osservatore Romano, delaying until a second day's edition, reported the announcement not of two, but of three, events in this order: «a Diocesan Synod for the city, an Ecumenical Council for the universal Church, and a bringing up to date of the Code of Canon Law.»
Rev Steven Hanna and Rev Simon Smallwood also declared «no confidence» in their own Bishop of Chelmsford, Stephen Cottrell, as their Diocesan Synod is meeting in a church that has passed a motion to approve of same sex marriages.
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«Bishop Kay has a wealth of diocesan, national and international experience, including being a longstanding member of General Synod and a member of the international Anglican Consultative Council.»
Vatican 11 also gave at least some institutional encouragement towards making this universal participation possible: the Roman synods, the national councils, the episcopal conferences, the councils of priests, the diocesan and parish councils of lay believers and the frameworks of many organizations.