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Attendance of the House of Representatives of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland was as follows:
Tuesday
Clerical 168
Lay 275
Total 443Wednesday
Clerical 172
Lay 267
Total 439Thursday
Clerical 148
Lay 213
Total 361
Altogether, there are 216 representatives of the clerical order, and 432 representatives of the lay order.
The other House of the General Synod is the House of Bishops, consisting of the ten bishops and two archbishops of the Church of Ireland. 11 members of the House of Bishops were in attendance this year as the See of Limerick is currently vacant pending the consecration of the Revd Canon Trevor Williams, whose election was confirmed by the House of Bishops on the first day of this year’s General Synod