Major Councils, Boards and Committees of
the Church of England
and the Ecclesiastical Committee of Parliament
Lists of Members
Membership at the end of the 2000/2005 Synod is here.
This page was last updated on 11 July 2014.
Peter Owen, Liverpool, UK (peter@peterowen.org.uk)
Contents
The Archbishops Council of the Church of England
The Appointments Committee of the Church of England
The Crown Nominations Commission
The Clergy Discipline Commission
The Business Committee of the General Synod
The Church Commissioners for England
The Ecclesiastical Committee of Parliament
The Archbishops Council of the Church of England
updated 11 July 2014
Joint Presidents (ex officio) |
The Archbishop of Canterbury The Most Revd & Rt Hon Rowan Williams The Archbishop of York The Most Revd & Rt Hon John Sentamu |
Five other ex-officio members | Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of
Canterbury |
Two Bishops elected by and from the House of Bishops |
Rt Revd Graham James, Bishop of Norwich |
Two Clerks in Holy Orders elected by and from the House of Clergy |
Revd Preb Kay Garlick (Hereford) Revd Prebendary David Houlding (London) |
Two lay persons elected by and from the House of Laity |
Mr Paul Boyd-Lee (Salisbury) Mrs Christina Rees (St Albans) |
Up to six persons appointed by the Archbishops |
Mr Andrew Britton (1 October 2007 to 30 September
2013) |
Staff of the Archbishops' Council
Secretary General | William Fittall |
Chief Education Officer | The Revd Janina Ainsworth |
Head of Mission and Public Affairs Division | The Revd Dr Malcolm Brown |
Director of Communications | Peter Crumpler |
Head of Cathedral and Church Buildings Division | Janet Gough |
Libraries, Archives & Information Services | Declan Kelly |
Director of Ministry | The Ven Christopher Lowson |
Director of Human Resources | Su Morgan |
Director of Legal Services | Stephen Slack |
Head of Central Secretariat | The Revd David Williams |
Assistant Secretary to the Council | Mr Nicholas Hills |
The Appointments Committee of the Church of England
updated 27 January 2009
Chairman appointed by the Archbishops | Revd Preb David Houlding (London) |
one bishop elected by and from the House of Bishops |
Rt Revd Nigel Stock, Bishop of Stockport |
three clergy elected by and from the House of Clergy |
Preb Philippa Boardman (London) |
three laity elected by and from the House of Laity |
Mrs Sarah Finch (London) |
four members of the Archbishops Council |
Mrs Christina Rees |
Secretary: Mr Nicholas Hills
The Crown Nominations Commission
Members until 31 August 2012.
voting members | |
ex officio | The Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of York |
three elected members of the House of Clergy of General Synod |
The Very Revd Colin Slee (Deans) The Revd Canon Peter Spiers (Liverpool) The Revd Canon Glyn Webster (York) |
three elected members of the House of Laity of General Synod |
Mr Aiden Hargreaves-Smith (London) Professor Glynn Harrison (Bristol) Mrs Mary Johnston (London) |
six members of the Vacancy-in-See Committee of the diocese whose bishopric is to become, or has become, vacant |
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ex officio non-voting members | |
the Archbishops' Appointments Secretary | Ms Caroline Boddington |
the Prime Minister's Appointments Secretary for senior ecclesiastical appointments |
Mr Paul Britton |
Normally one of the Archbishops presides at meetings of the Crown Nominations Commission.
Where the Commission is to consider the vacancy of the Archbishopric of Canterbury or York the person to preside shall be an actual communicant lay member of the Church of England appointed by
and this person shall be a voting member of the Commission.
The Clergy Discipline Commission
at 31 December 2009 as listed in their annual report for 2009
Chairman and President of Tribunals | The Rt Hon Lord Justice Mummery |
Deputy Chairman and Vice President of Tribunals | His Honour Judge John Bullimore (Wakefield) |
at least two from each House of General Synod | The Rt Revd Christopher Hill (Bishop of Guildford) The Revd Canon Michael Webb (Newcastle) Miss Vasantha Gnanadoss (Southwark) |
other members | Mr Niall Blackie (Lichfield Diocesan Registrar) The Ven Annette Cooper (Archdeacon of Colchester) The Revd Canon Cynthia Dowdle Mr Michael Sayers |
Secretary: Mr Robert Wellen
The Business Committee of the General Synod
updated 27 June 2010
Chair appointed by the Archbishops Council |
Revd Preb Kay Garlick (Hereford) |
one bishop elected by and from the House of Bishops |
Rt Revd Trevor Willmott, Bishop of Dover |
three clergy elected by and from the House of Clergy |
Revd Susan Booys (Oxford) Ven Alan Hawker, Archdeacon of Malmesbury (Bristol) Ven Julian Henderson, Archdeacon of Dorking (Guildford) |
three laity elected by and from the House of Laity |
Mrs Sue Johns (Norwich) Mr Gerald O'Brien (Rochester) Mrs Rosalind O’Dowd (London) |
two members of the Archbishops Council |
Prof John Craven (ex officio) The Revd Canon Glyn Webster (York) |
Secretary: Mr David Williams (Clerk to the Synod)
Assistant Secretary: Mr David Pertaub
The Church Commissioners for England
updated 27 June 2010
Chairman: The Archbishop of Canterbury | The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr Rowan Williams |
The Archbishop of York | The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu |
Church Estates Commissioners (appointed by Her Majesty) |
Andreas Whittam Smith, First Church Estates
Commissioner Antony Baldry MP, Second Church Estates Commissioner T E H Walker, Third Church Estates Commissioner |
elected by the House of Bishops [January 2009 - December 2013] |
The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dr Richard Chartres,
Bishop of London |
elected by the House of Clergy [January 2009 - December 2013] |
The Revd Canon Bob Baker The Revd Jeremy Crocker (St Albans) The Revd Stephen Trott (Peterborough) |
elected by the House of Laity [January 2009 - December 2013] |
April Alexander (Southwark) |
elected by the Deans [January 2009 - December 2013] |
The Very Revd Adrian Newman, Dean of Rochester |
nominated by Her Majesty | Mr Richard Powers |
nominated by the Archbishops | Mr Peter Harrison QC Mr Peter Parker Mr Nicholas Sykes |
nominated by the Archbishops (after consultation with others) |
Mr Brian Carroll |
State office holders | The First Lord of the Treasury The Lord President of the Council The Secretary of State for the Home Department The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport The Speaker of the House of Commons The Speaker of the House of Lords |
The Board of Governors comprises all the Church Commissioners except for the State office holders.
The Ecclesiastical Committee of Parliament
updated 27 January 2009
This Committee will be reconstituted following the General Election of May 2010.
Peers | MPs |
Lord Davies of Coity |
Sir Stuart Bell |
From the UK Parliament website