Church officer steps down from senior post: Peter Irish cites church, family commitments.Peter Irish, of Minto, N.B., diocese of Fredericton, on March 11 resigned as deputy prolocutor PROLOCUTOR. In the ecclesiastical law, signifies a president or chairman of a convocation. of General Synod The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. Church of England In the Church of England, General Synod was instituted in 1970 and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had , one of the nine national offices of the Anglican Church of Canada. In an interview, Mr. Irish said he was feeling overworked by a number of church commitments. "I had started to run out of steam," said Mr. Irish, who is 58. In addition to his national church duties, he is active at the parish level (his wife, Eileen, is a priest at St. Michael and All Angels in Minto and St. Augustine of Canterbury in Chipman, N.B.). He also is leading a $1.25 million campaign to raise funds for the diocesan summer camps, Medley and Brookwood. An avid sailor, Mr. Irish also has several grandchildren with whom he spends time. "Something had to go. This is a chance to step back and catch my breath," Mr. Irish added. Mr. Irish has been involved with the church on the national and provincial levels. He has served as chair of the General Synod planning committee planning committee n (in local government) → comité m de planificación , chair of the national church's agenda committee and a member of the communications and information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. committee. He is also a previous member of the Council of General Synod (COGS These are all the Cogs found in Disney's Toontown Online. Names that are moved forward are leaders of the HQ of that specific Cog type. Bossbots
adj. 1. Occurring every third year. 2. Lasting three years. n. 1. A third anniversary. 2. A ceremony or celebration occurring every three years. General Synod meetings, and was prolocutor for two terms of the ecclesiastical (church) province of Canada For other uses, see Provinces and territories of Canada and Ecclesiastical Province of Canada. The Province of Canada or the United Province of Canada was a in North America from 1841 to 1867. , which includes the eastern part of the country. The deputy prolocutor chairs meetings in the absence of the primate (the national archbishop) or the prolocutor. The officers of General Synod are: the primate (acting as president), general secretary, prolocutor, deputy prolocutor, chancellor (legal officer), vice chancellor, treasurer and two officers at large. Mr. Irish was elected at the 2004 meeting of General Synod in St. Catharines, Ont. to a three-year term. Nominations for his successor are currently being received at the national office in Toronto, according to an announcement from General Secretary Michael Pollesel. CoGS is scheduled to elect a new deputy prolocutor at its May 11-14 meeting in Mississauga, Ont. |
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