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Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Committees

 

DMPCs (stock photo by cobrasoft - stock.xchng)

 

The Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007 provided for a new committee to be appointed by 31 August 2009 in each diocese to replace the pastoral committee and the redundant churches uses committee.

The DMPC's functions include:

  • reviewing arrangements for pastoral supervision and care in the diocese;
  • preparing strategies or proposals for making better provision for the cure of souls, which may include reorganisation, and making recommendations to the Bishop;
  • carrying out responsibilities in relation to the future of churches no longer required for public worship.

This page provides information on these new committees as well as some examples of how dioceses are implementing this change.

Basic information, in PowerPoint presentation format, on DMPCs may be found here.

The text of the Measure describing the functions of DMPCs may be found in the Addendum to the Pastoral Measure here.

Note and explanations to complement the Measure, in Word form, may be found here.

 

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