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Dr R Stinson (Chairman) |
Mrs DM Burns |
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Mr RWH Kenny |
Mr G Bradley |
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Very Rev TR Moore |
Mr WF Baker |
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Mr J Ashenhurst |
Very Rev JMG Sirr |
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Canon FGG Quayle |
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Mr JF Buttimore (Secretary to the Commission) |
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1. The Commission was established
by statute of the General Synod Chapter I of 1986.
Section
3 of the Statute states:
(1)
The
diocesan council of any diocese may request the commissioners to schedule for
enquiry in regard to the number of churches used for public worship the whole
or any substantial area or areas of such diocese, and the commissioners after
consideration shall determine whether to accede to such request, and shall
notify the diocesan council and the Representative Body of its determination.
(2)
Where
a diocese or part of it has been scheduled under subsection (1), the bishop,
the diocesan council, the parochial authorities, and the Representative Body on
the request of the commissioners shall furnish to the commissioners any
information which may appear to the commissioners to be necessary to enable
them to consider and determine any matter referred to them by this statute for
their consideration and determination.
(3)
The
commissioners shall not exercise any of their powers under this statute in any
diocese except upon the request of the diocesan council.
2. The Commission did not meet during
the year.
3. GRANTS
No
grants were approved in 2000.
4. GENERAL
SYNOD ALLOCATION
The
Commission agreed that the General Synod allocation amounting to IR£15,000
would not be required in the current year.
The amount to credit is IR£43,606.