75th
General Convention: June 13-21, 2006
Columbus, Ohio
General Convention, the legislative body of the Episcopal Church, has a bicameral structure similar to the Articles of Confederation. Four clerical and four lay deputies are elected from each diocese to serve in the House of Deputies. Equal numbers of alternates are elected as well, to relieve or replace deputies during business sessions of the House.
All bishops (diocesan, suffragan, coajutor, and retired) are members of the House of Bishops and have voice in its proceedings, but retired bishops no longer have voting authority.
Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold currently is in the final year of his nine-year term of office. As part of the business of General Convention 2006, a new Presiding Bishop will be elected.
Triennial meetings of the Episcopal Church Women and National Altar
Guild are held in conjunction with each General Convention.
Clerical Deputies to General Convention 2006
from the
Diocese of Fort Worth are
The
Rev. Canon Charles A. Hough III, Deputation Chairman
Canon to the Ordinary
The Rev. Thomas E. Hightower
Rector, St. Peter & St. Paul, Arlington
The Very Rev. Ryan S. Reed
Dean, St. Vincent’s Cathedral Church, Bedford
The Very Rev. Christopher T. Cantrell
Rector, Church of the Holy Apostles, Fort Worth
Lay Deputies to General Convention 2006
from the Diocese
of Fort Worth are
Dr. Franklin Salazar
St. Alban’s, Arlington
Judy Mayo
St. Andrew’s, Fort Worth
Walter Virden III
St. Mark’s, Arlington
Anthony Clark
St. Vincent’s, Bedford
Alternate Clerical Deputies
to General Convention 2006
from the
Diocese of Fort Worth are
The
Rev. Jay Atwood, 1st Alternate
Rector, St. Francis of Assisi, Willow Park
The
Rev. Stephen Jones
Rector, Holy Comforter, Cleburne
The
Rev. Edward Kresowaty
Rector, St. Alban’s, Arlington
The
Very Rev. Scott Wooten
Rector, Good Shepherd, Wichita Falls
Alternate Lay Deputies
to General Convention 2006
from the Diocese
of Fort Worth are
Jo Ann Patton, 1st Alternate
St. Andrew's, Fort Worth
Gene Dugan
All Saints’, Fort Worth
Kay Stromberg
St. Stephen’s, Hurst
Liz Young
St. Andrew’s, Grand Prairie
For more information about General Convention 2006, the structure of church governance, and records of the actions of General Convention 2003, go to the following link on the national Episcopal Church Web site: