Episcopal)Diocese)of)West)Texas)

Office)of)the)Secretary)
The)Rev.)David)G.)Read)
)

November)1,)2011)
)

TO)CLERGY)AND)WARDENS)IN)CHARGE)OF)CONGREGATIONS:)
)

Grace) to) you) and) Peace.) ) This) is) your) canonical) notice) that) the) 108th) Annual) Council) of) the)
Diocese)of)West)Texas)will)meet)in)McAllen,)Texas)on)February)16))18,)2012.))I"encourage"you"
to" store" and"save"this"document"and"its"attachments"until"you"have"completed"registration"
and"certification"of"your"delegates!"
"

Registering) and) certifying) delegates) are) two) different) processes.) ) In) order) to) certify) your)
delegates) you) will) need) to) complete) the) Certificate* of* Election* of* Delegates* to* Diocesan*
Council.) ) This) form) is) attached.) ) You) may) also) complete) it) onSline) at) http://councilS
dwtx.org/signSup/certification/.) ) However) you) will) still) need) to) print) it) out,) sign) it,) and) send)
copies)to)the)following:)
1)copy)to)the)Bishop:))Bishop)Jones)Center,)P.O.)Box)6885)San)Antonio,)TX)78209)
1) copy) to) the) Council) Registration) Chair:) ) St.) Johns) Episcopal) Church) 2500) N.) 10th) St.)
McAllen,)TX)78501S4008)
1) copy) to) the) Diocesan) Secretary:) ) The) Rev.) David) G.) Read,) 11) St.) Lukes) Lane,)))))))))))))))
San)Antonio,)TX)78209.)
Please) refer) to) the) attached) spreadsheet,) Diocesan* Council* Lay* Delegates* for* 2012) to)
determine)the)number)of)Delegates)you)may)certify.))(Please)do)not)list)clergy)as)delegates.))
Certificates) are) due) no) later) than) February) 2,) 2011.) ) In) order) to) register) your) delegates) and)
alternates,)find)hotel)information,)and)council)activities,)visit)http://councilSdwtx.org/.)
The) canon) governing) allocation) of) delegates) is) Canon) 1,) Section) 1(b)) adopted) by) the) 101st)
Council)as)follows:)
)

Lay.) ) Delegates) and) alternates) shall) be) men) and) women) communicants) of) the) congregation)
which)they)represent,)in)good)standing,)sixteen)years)of)age)or)older.))Each)congregation,)in)union)with)
the) Council,) shall) be) entitled) to) one) delegate) for) every) 50) persons,) or) portion) thereof,) reported) for)
Average)Sunday)Attendance)in)the)Annual)Parochial)Report,)except)that)every)parish)and)mission)shall)
be) entitled) to) at) least) two) delegates) and) two) alternates,) and) each) parish) shall) be) entitled) to) one)
additional)delegate)and)alternate.)

If)I)can)answer)any)questions)about)certifying)your)delegates)please)contact)me)at)St.)Lukes)in)
San)Antonio.))(210))828S6425)or)rector@stlukesSsa.net.))See)you)at)Council)in)McAllen!)
Faithfully,)
)
The.Rev..David.G..Read,)Secretary)

Diocesan)Council)Lay)Delegates)for)2012
according)to)the)ration)established)by)Canon)I.1(b)
Parishes
Avg.%Sun.%Att.
less%than%50

514100

1014150
1514200
2014250
2514300
3014350

Parishes

Delegates

3
3
4
5
6
7
8

Avg.%Sun.%Att.
3514400
4014450
4514500
5014550
5514600
6014650

Missions
Delegates

Avg.%Sun.%Att.

Delegates

less%than%50

10

514100

11

1014150

12

1514200

City
Aransas%Pass
Blanco
Brackettville
Brownsville
Buda
Carrizo%Springs
Comfort
Corpus%Christi
Corpus%Christi
Cotulla
Cypress%Mill
Devine
Ft.%McKavett
George%West
Goliad
Hallettsville
Hebbronville
Kenedy
Lake%Corpus%Christi
Menard
Mission
Montell
New%Braunfels
Pleasanton
Port%Aransas
Raymondville
Refugio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Saba
Yoakum

Mission
2010)Avg.)Attend.
Our%Savior
33
St.%Michael's
25
St.%Andrew's
10
St.%Paul's
78
St.%Elizabeth's
68
Holy%Trinity
13
St.%Boniface
68
Reconciliation
67
St.%Andrew's
70
St.%Timothy's
7
St.%Luke's
57
St.%Matthias
14
St.%James'
15
Good%Shepherd
33
St.%Stephen's
11
St.%James'
13
St.%James'
10
St.%Matthew's
11
St.%Michael's
5
Calvary
4
Sts.%Peter%&%Paul
106
Ascension
14
St.%John's
119
All%Saints
13
Trinity
66
Epiphany
25
Ascension
9
Grace
new,%no%report
Holy%Cross
23
Holy%Spirit
96
St.%Margaret's
78
Santa%Fe
45
St.%Luke's
13
Holy%Communion
8

Delegates
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

33"Missions

Totals

13
14

1227

70

PARISHES
City
Alice
Bandera
Beeville
Boerne
Brady
Brownsville
Canyon%Lake
Corpus%Christi
Corpus%Christi
Corpus%Christi
Corpus%Christi
Cuero
Del%Rio
Dripping%Springs
Eagle%Pass
Edinburg
Edna
Fredericksburg
Gonzales
Harlingen
Junction
Kerrville
Kingsville
Laredo
Llano
Lockhart
Luling
McAllen
Pharr
Port%Isabel
Port%Lavaca
Portland
Rockport
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio
San%Antonio

Church
Advent
St.%Christopher's
St.%Philip's
St.%Helena's
St.%Paul's
Advent
St.%Francis'%
All%Saints'
Good%Shepherd
St.%Bartholomew's
St.%Mark's
Grace
St.%James'
Holy%Spirit
Redeemer
St.%Matthew's
Trinity
St.%Barnabas'
Messiah
St.%Alban
Trinity
St.%Peter's
Epiphany
Christ%Church
Grace
Emmanuel
Annunciation
St.%John's
Trinity
St.%Andrew's
Grace%Church
St.%Christopher's
St.%Peter's
Christ%Church
Reconciliation
Resurrection
St.%Andrew's
St.%David's
St.%Francis'
St.%George
St.%Luke's
St.%Mark's
St.%Paul's
St.%Philip's
St.%Stephen's

2010)Avg.)Att.
29
45
51
406
50
205
113
143
341
147
130
31
81
103
110
47
14
220
26
263
31
305
98
70
40
68
34
253
41
92
32
76
125
393
177
130
155
236
177
215
472
381
109
67
22

Delegates
3
3
3
10
3
6
4
4
8
4
4
3
3
4
4
3
3
6
3
7
3
8
3
3
3
3
3
7
3
3
3
3
4
9
5
4
5
6
5
6
11
9
4
3
3

PARISHES)(continued)
City
Church
San%Antonio
St.%Thomas
San%Benito
All%Saints
San%Marcos
St.%Mark's
Seguin
St.%Andrew's
Sonora
St.%John's
Universal%City
St.%Matthew's
Uvalde
St.%Philip's
Victoria
St.%Francis'
Victoria
Trinity
Weslaco
Grace
Wimberley
St.%Stephen's
56"Parishes
34"Missions
Grand)Total

Totals
Totals

2010)Avg.)Att.
345
43
119
159
54
131
86
86
207
87
319

Delegates
8
3
4
5
3
4
3
3
6
3
8

7990
1227

257
70

9217

327

The Diocese of West Texas

Certificate of Election of Lay Delegates to Diocesan
Council
This is to certify that at the Annual Meeting of
________________________________________________ (Parish-Mission),
_____________________________________________ (City), Texas,
or of the Vestry or of the Bishops Committee of (the same) held on the
________ day of ___________________, 20____,
the following persons, all of whom are lay communicants of this congregation, were elected as its
delegates and alternates to all Councils of the Diocese to be held in the conciliar year __________.
Delegates

Address & Zip

E-Mail address

_____________________________ ______________________________ ___________________________

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Alternates

Address

E-Mail address

_____________________________ ______________________________ ___________________________

_____________________________ ______________________________ ___________________________
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Certified:
Dated _______________________ Parish/Mission Officer in Charge _________________________________
This certificate shall be completed in triplicate and signed by the clergy or lay person in charge of the congregation. Not less
than 15 days before Council a copy thereof shall be sent to each of the following: the Secretary of the Diocese, the Bishop, and the
Rector of the parish in which the Council will meet. No clergy shall be entitled to vote unless the parochial report required by
him/her has been received by the Bishop. CANON 1 Sections 7 and 1(a).