Bishop's Council
Bishop’s Council is responsible for considering matters of policy, advising the diocesan bishop and determining how matters should be taken forward to the Diocesan Synod. It is the executive committee of the Diocesan Synod and the board of directors of the Diocesan Board of Finance. The council handles a range of financial and strategic business and considers issues raised by diocesan boards, councils and committees. It approves the agendas for Diocesan Synod and considers issues raised by the General Synod and by deaneries, parishes and individual Diocesan Synod members. MembersIts members come from a broad range of backgrounds. Ex-officio members are the president and vice-presidents of Diocesan Synod, the area bishops and archdeacons, the chair and the vice-chair of the Diocesan Board of Finance and the dean of Christ Church or their representative. There are 18 archdeaconry clergy and lay representatives, elected by their respective archdeaconry members of the Diocesan Synod. Four members are nominated by the bishop from amongst the members of the Diocesan Synod. The Houses of Clergy and of Laity may co-opt members, and the Bishop of Oxford also invites representatives from other denominations to participate in meetings. Members of Bishop’s Council are:Ex-Officio membersBishops:The Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft Archdeacons:The Ven Guy Elsmore (Buckingham) Chair of the Board of FinanceSir Hector Sants Vice-chair of the Board of FinanceMrs Julie Dziegiel Chair of the House of ClergyThe Revd Canon Dr Geoff Bayliss Chair of the House of LaityMr John Sykes Dean of Oxford:The Dean of the Cathedral, VACANCY Elected and nominated members (Laity)Mr Peter Barrett (Berkshire) Elected and nominated members (Clergy)The Revd Darren McFarland (Oxford) |