Resolutions for the 181st Annual Diocesan Convention

The Diocese of Florida today, 60 days in advance of the 181st Convention, is publishing six resolutions to be considered at the convention.

The resolutions are listed below and also published on our website here.

Resolution 1 is brought forward from last year’s Convention.
Resolutions 2 through 5 result from the work of the 2024 Convention Committee on Charter and Canons.
Resolution 6 was submitted through the diocesan Call for Resolutions process.

Resolutions for 181st Annual Diocesan Convention:

Resolution 1 is an amendment to the Diocese’s Articles of Reincorporation (the “charter”) that was approved at the 180th Convention in November 2023; it requires a second hearing and vote at the 181st Convention to be effective. The amendment contains a number of provisions required by Florida law generally to amend and restate a charter. The key provision to be amended relates to the quorum required for a convention at which a bishop is to be elected; it reduces that quorum requirement from two-thirds each of the clergy and lay delegates to a majority each of the clergy and lay delegates.

Resolution 2 is an amendment of diocesan Canons to allow for participation in diocesan conventions by other means of communication besides physical presence and to include The Florida Statutes as among the reference materials applicable to the Diocese as a corporate entity.

Resolution 3 is an amendment of diocesan Canon 12 that clarifies the process for the sale of diocesan property, redefines the Finance and Investment Committee’s role in diocesan property disposition and diocesan and parish borrowing, and clarifies the process by which the Diocese executes legal documents.

Resolution 4 is an amendment of various Canons to clarify and update canon language.

Resolution 5 is an amendment of diocesan Canon 1 to provide for an update to which clergy are delegates to diocesan conventions, using and defining in canon the concept of “cure”; in clarifying which clergy are delegates, it provides for canonically resident clergy without cure to have the access to vote by registering.

Resolution 6 is an amendment submitted pursuant to the diocesan Rules of Order relating to scheduling a process to elect a Bishop Diocesan.

More information will be forthcoming about additional opportunities for discussion of these proposed resolutions.

Stay tuned!

Convention Committee on Charter and Canons

Resolutions Committee