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To the Delegates to the 2025 Diocesan Convention, Clergy, and Diocesan Council Members,
The Convention Planning Committee invites you to note some important changes to the schedule, content, and canonical requirements of this year’s convention:
All Business on Friday Afternoon
Due to the happy task of saving our Saturday meeting time for the election of the 12th Bishop of North Dakota, all of the Diocese’s convention business must be accomplished on Friday, October 24th.
Therefore, the Convention will convene at 2PM in the Pavilion Ballroom of the Prairie Knights Casino that Friday afternoon. Further, because we must have time to elect new diocesan leaders and approve budgets for 2026 and 2027, we will not hold workshops as has been done in past conventions. Please share this information widely! Not all delegate lists have been turned in yet, nor does the Diocesan office have contact information for every delegate. Please share as you are able!
Larger Quorum Needed for Election of a Bishop
Because we are holding an election for a bishop, our canons require that two-thirds of the Members of the Clergy entitled to vote and two-thirds of the Lay delegates representing two-thirds of the Congregations entitled to representation at the Convention shall constitute a quorum for the election of a Bishop. (Canon III, Sec.5)
Therefore, accurate delegate lists are imperative, as is the attendance of every parish delegate and eligible clergyperson. Registration materials will be released in early September. Senior Wardens and parish clergy should anticipate these materials and assist their delegates in registration.
With my thanks for your support of an exciting and successful convention,
+Brian
The Rt. Rev. Brian Thom, Bishop Provisional
Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota
Office 701.235.6688 Cell 208.731.2782
bishopthom@ndepiscopal.org
The Diocese of North Dakota resides upon the traditional tribal homelands of the Arikara, Dakota, Hidatsa, Lakota, Mandan, Nakota, and Turtle Mountain Chippewa peoples.
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