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)

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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

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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
    Ven Norman Russell (Oxford)
Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of York
    Canon Glyn Webster (York)
Chairman of the House of Laity
    Dr Christina Baxter (Southwell)
Vice-Chairman of the House of Laity
    Dr Philip Giddings (Oxford)

one of the Church Estates Commissioners (appointed by the Archbishops)
    Mr Andreas Whittam Smith (the First Church Estates Commissioner)

Two Bishops elected by and from
the House of Bishops

Rt Revd Graham James, Bishop of Norwich
Rt Revd Timothy Stevens, Bishop of Leicester

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)
Mary Chapman (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2017)
Professor John Craven (1 July 2006 to 30 June 2013)
Mr Philip Fletcher (1 January 2007 to 31 December 2016)
Revd Dr Rosalyn Murphy (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2016)
Mr Mark Russell (1 January 2005 to 31 December 2011)
Canon John Spence (from 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2018)

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

 

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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)
Ven Richard Seed (York)

Canon Professor Anthony Thiselton (Southwell)

three laity elected by and from
the House of Laity

Mrs Sarah Finch (London)
Mr Aiden Hargreaves-Smith (London)
Mrs Shirley-Ann Williams (Exeter)

four members of the Archbishops’
Council

Mrs Christina Rees
The Venerable Norman Russell
The Revd Canon Glyn Webster
(one vacancy)

Secretary: Mr Nicholas Hills

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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
 
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.

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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 Rt Revd Peter Forster (Bishop of Chester)

The Revd Canon Michael Webb (Newcastle)
The Ven Alan Hawker, Archdeacon of Malmesbury (Bristol)

Miss Vasantha Gnanadoss (Southwark)
Mr James Humphery (Salisbury)

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

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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

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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
The Rt Revd Dr Peter Forster, Bishop of Chester
The Rt Revd Mike Hill, Bishop of Bristol
The Rt Revd David Urquhart, Bishop of Birmingham

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)
Peter Bruinvels (Guildford)
Gavin Oldham (Oxford)
Jacob Vince (Chichester)

elected by the Deans
[January 2009 - December 2013]

The Very Revd Adrian Newman, Dean of Rochester
The Very Revd Dr Christopher Hardwick, Dean of Truro

nominated by Her Majesty

Mr Richard Powers
Canon J A Spence
Mr John Wythe

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
Mrs Emma Osborne
Mr Hywel Rees-Jones

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.

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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
Lord Elton
Lord Judd
Lord Laming
Lord Lloyd of Berwick
(elected Chairman, 3 November 2005)
Baroness Massey of Darwen
Lord Newby
Baroness Perry of Southwark
Lord Pilkington of Oxenford
Baroness Rendell of Babergh
Lord Shaw of Northstead
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Lord Walpole
Baroness Wilcox
Lord Williams of Elvel

Sir Stuart Bell
Peter Bottomley
Ben Chapman
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mrs Ann Cryer
Mr David Drew
Mr Frank Field
Mr John Gummer
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Simon Hughes
Robert Key
Mr Gordon Marsden
Mr Desmond Swayne
David Taylor
Steve Webb

From the UK Parliament website

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