Church Commissioners' Pastoral Division - Home Page

• to assist the pastoral and property work of dioceses by dealing swiftly, accurately and efficiently with proposals submitted in respect of pastoral reorganisation, clergy housing, glebe and related matters
• to provide accurate and appropriate advice to dioceses and others
• when adverse representations are made to seek to resolve those based on misunderstanding and, if consideration is necessary, to present the Commissioners with a full, fair and accurate basis for their quasi-judicial decisions
• to carry out these and other departmental functions as economically as is consistent with providing a high quality service to the Church

Our delivery of these objectives is overseen by the Pastoral Committee which receives regular progress reports on all aspects of the Division's work and, subject to rules of delegation laid down by the Commissioners' Board of Governors, deals on the Commissioners' behalf with representations made with respect to pastoral schemes and orders and parsonage house and glebe transactions.

The documents on these web pages cover legislation, codes and other relevant information relating to pastoral reorganisation, clergy housing and diocesan glebe. We hope they will provide a valuable source of reference for those serving in the Church of England and for members of the public with an interest in the administration of the Church of England.

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Our aim is to keep the information on our web pages as up to date as possible and alterations will be posted as and when they occur. Any material changes we make to the Codes we maintain are circulated by email to Diocesan Secretaries, Diocesan Registrars and anyone else who has asked to be included on our circulation list. Please email us at the address below if you would like to be included on our circulation list.

Feedback

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us, either by letter, email or telephone. We are ready to give advice and to answer questions.

Pastoral Division
Church House, Great Smith Street,
LONDON
SW1P 3AZ

Telephone: 020 7898 1000
Fax: 020 7898 1873
Email: pastoral@c-of-e.org.uk.

© The Church Commissioners for England 2005 (Last updated 1/6/2005)