Friday 22 October 2010

New Members of General Synod.

I'm amongst the newly elected to General Synod, so thanks to those who voted for me or wished me all the best.
The following people have been elected to represent the Diocese of Manchester:

Laity 

John Stephen BARBER
Peter Charles CAPON
Michael HEPPLESTON
Christine Krogh SANDIFORD 
Geoffrey Frank TATTERSALL
James Edward TOWNSEND

Clergy

John APPLEGATE
Sarah Ruth BULLOCK
Sharon Ann JONES
Simon KILLWICK
Andrew SALMON
Cherry VANN

You can find this list on the Diocesan Website but very strangely if you look up General Synodmembers you come to this page:

http://www.manchester.anglican.org/whos-who/synod/general-synod-members

where it appears that some people haven't given permission for their contact details to be published online. I'm currently in discussion with the diocese because I believe that by standing for office they have automatically consented to publication of their contact details. How can they not be publicly listed and contactable through the diocesan website? This just doesn't seem right to me.