Pension changes.Staff The diocesan di·oc·e·san adj. Of or relating to a diocese. n. The bishop of a diocese. diocesan Adjective of or relating to a diocese Noun 1. council of New Westminster New Westminster, city (1991 pop. 43,585), SW British Columbia, Canada, on the Fraser River, part of metropolitan Vancouver. Founded in 1859 as Queensborough, it was the capital of British Columbia until Victoria was made capital after the union of British Columbia has offered to provide payroll services to clergy of four dissenting dis·sent intr.v. dis·sent·ed, dis·sent·ing, dis·sents 1. To differ in opinion or feeling; disagree. 2. To withhold assent or approval. n. 1. parishes in the diocese DIOCESE, eccl. law. The district over which a bishop exercises his spiritual functions. 1 B1. Com. 111. to enable them to remain in the Anglican Church of Canada's pension and benefits plan. At its November meeting, the council heard that the adoption of new software by the church's national pension office in Toronto means that these clergy could no longer continue with a "temporary" arrangement, which had been accommodated in 2002 when their parishes stopped making their required payment of assessment to protest the diocesan synod's decision allowing same-sex blessings. In 2002, the diocese co-operated with the protesting parishes when they set up their own payroll service through St. John's Shaughnessy, one of the dissenting parishes. Judy Robinson, executive director of the Pension Office, said the new software that the pension office has purchased cannot accommodate subgroups. She also explained that regulations of the 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 pension plan provide that individual clergy and/or parishes can only participate through the diocese in which they are licensed. |
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