House of Bishops Issues a Pastoral Letter

The House of Bishops issued a Pastoral Letter during their March 15 – 21, 2022 meeting at Camp Allen in Navasota, Texas. This was in response to resolution 2018-B003 which was passed by the 79th General Convention. Click here to download a copy of the letter.

Per Canon III.9.6.b.7, all rectors and priests-in-charge are to convey Pastoral Letters from the House of Bishops to their congregations:

Whenever the House of Bishops shall publish a Pastoral Letter, it shall be the duty of the Rector or Priest-in-Charge to read it to the congregation on some occasion of public worship on a Lord's Day, or to cause copies of the same to be distributed to the members of the congregation, not later than thirty days after receipt.

House of Bishops

The House of Bishops is composed of every bishop of The Episcopal Church with jurisdiction; every bishop coadjutor; every bishop suffragan; every assistant bishop; and every bishop who by reason of advanced age or bodily infirmity, or who, under an election to an office created by the General Convention, or for reasons of mission strategy determined by action of the General Convention or the House of Bishops, has resigned a jurisdiction. (Article I.2)