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REPORT 2016 the Representative Church Body – Report 2016 INDEX TO REPORTS Page 1. Representative Church Body * ................................................................................... 3 2. Standing Committee ............................................................................................... 165 3. Board of Education ................................................................................................ 253 4. Church of Ireland Youth Department ..................................................................... 283 5. The Covenant Council............................................................................................ 303 6. Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue ...................................................... 307 7. Liturgical Advisory Committee ............................................................................. 333 8. Church of Ireland Council for Mission .................................................................. 337 9. Commission on Ministry ........................................................................................ 345 10. Commission on Episcopal Ministry and Structures……………………………….357 11. Church of Ireland Marriage Council ...................................................................... 365 12. Select Committee on Human Sexuality in the Context of Christian Belief……….369 * The reports of the Church of Ireland Clergy Pensions Trustee Limited (page 106) and the Church of Ireland Pensions Board (page 131) are incorporated into the Report of the Representative Church Body. If you require the Book of Reports in another format, please contact the General Synod Office: tel: 01 497 8422 or email: [email protected] 1 CHURCH OF IRELAND THE REPRESENTATIVE CHURCH BODY REPORT 2016 The Representative Church Body – Report 2016 CONTENTS Page Representative Church Body – chairpersons and offices 5 Representative Church Body – membership 6 Committees of the Representative Body 9 Report on the year 2015 14 Financial and operational review 2015 17 Allocations budget provided for 2016 20 Investments and markets 23 Clergy remuneration and benefits 26 Clergy pensions 30 Property and Trusts 31 Library and Archives 44 Donations and bequests to the Church of Ireland 48 Miscellaneous and general 50 Resolutions recommended to the General Synod 51 Financial statements year ended 31 December 2015 52 APPENDICES Page A Extracts from the accounts of the Church of Ireland Theological 86 Institute for the year ended 30 June 2015 B Annualised fund performances – Comparative total returns 88 C General Unit Trusts – Financial statements and extracts from 89 investment manager’s reports for the year ended 30 June 2015 D Environmental, Social and Governance Policy – Integrating ESG into 100 Investment Decisions 2015 E RCB Policy on Climate Change 102 F Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 – Lobbying on behalf of the central 103 Church G Church of Ireland Clergy Defined Contribution Schemes (NI and RI) – 104 reports of the scheme trustees H The Church of Ireland Clergy Pensions Trustee Limited – Report on the 106 Clergy Pensions Fund for the year ended 31 December 2015 I The Church of Ireland Pensions Board – Funds administered by the 148 Board as delegated by the Representative Church Body J Church Fabric Fund – Grants allocated during 2015 157 K Archive of the Month 2015 158 L Accessions of archives and manuscripts to the Representative Church 159 Body Library, 2015 M Funds received by the Representative Church Body in 2015 for 163 parochial and diocesan endowment etc 4 The Representative Church Body – Report 2016 THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF THE CHURCH OF IRELAND Chairman The Most Rev Dr Richard Clarke, Archbishop of Armagh Committee Chairpersons Executive Mr Robert Neill Mr Henry Saville (Deputy) The Most Rev Allocations Canon Graham Richards Dr Richard Clarke Investment Mr Henry Saville Property Mr Robert Kay Stipends Mr William Oliver Library and Archives Dr Michael Webb Legal Advisory Mr Lyndon MacCann SC Audit Mr Henry Saville Chief Officer and Secretary Mr Adrian Clements The Representative Church Body (RCB) was incorporated by Charter in 1870 under the provisions of the Irish Church Act, 1869. Its legal structure is that of charitable trustee or trust corporation with perpetual succession. The main activities of the RCB involve management of investments, administration of trusts and deeds of covenant, payment of stipends and pensions, property and legal transactions and treasury management as well as supporting the core work of the Church by providing finance for the sustentation of the clergy and pensioners, training of ordinands, education, youth, communications etc. The RCB Library is the repository for the archives of the Church and the Library for the Church of Ireland Theological Institute and the Church at large. The committee structure is designed to reflect these activities and responsibilities. Office Library Church of Ireland House Braemor Park Church Avenue Churchtown Rathmines Dublin 6 Dublin 14 Tel 01-4978422 Fax 01-4978821 Tel 01-4923979 Email [email protected] Fax 01-4924770 Website www rcb.ireland.anglican.org Email [email protected] 5 The Representative Church Body – Report 2016 THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF THE CHURCH OF IRELAND In accordance with the Charter of Incorporation (1870) the Representative Body is composed of ex-officio, elected and co-opted members. The Charter provides that the ex- officio members shall be the archbishops and bishops, the elected members shall consist of one clerical and two lay representatives for each diocese or union of dioceses presided over by one bishop and the co-opted members shall consist of persons equal in number to the number of such dioceses for the time being. (See also Constitution of the Church of Ireland, Chapter X). The Representative Body is composed of the following sixty members. The recorded attendance of each at the four meetings of the Representative Body held during the year 2015 is denoted by the figure placed before each name. A Archbishops and Bishops: ex-officio members (12) 4 The Most Rev Dr Richard Clarke, Archbishop of Armagh The See House, Cathedral Close, Armagh BT61 7EE 4 The Most Rev Dr Michael Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin The See House, 17 Temple Road, Dublin 6 4 The Most Rev Pat Storey, Bishop of Meath and Kildare Bishop’s House, Moyglare, Maynooth, Co Kildare 2 The Rt Rev John McDowell, Bishop of Clogher The See House, Fivemiletown, Co Tyrone BT75 0QP 2 The Rt Rev Kenneth Good, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe The See House, 112 Culmore Road, Londonderry BT48 8JF 3 The Rt Rev Harold Miller, Bishop of Down and Dromore The See House, 32 Knockdene Park South, Belfast BT5 7AB 3 The Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, Bishop of Connor Bishop’s House, 3 Upper Malone Road, Belfast BT9 6TD 2 The Rt Rev Ferran Glenfield, Bishop of Kilmore The See House, Kilmore, Cavan, Co Cavan 4 The Rt Rev Patrick Rooke, Bishop of Tuam Bishop's House, Breaffy Woods, Castlebar, Co Mayo 4 The Rt Rev Michael Burrows, Bishop of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory Bishop’s House, Troysgate, Kilkenny 4 The Rt Rev Dr Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross The Palace, Bishop Street, Cork 3 The Rt Rev Kenneth Kearon, Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe* Rien Roe, Adare, Co Limerick _______________________________ * consecrated January 2015 in place of the Rt Rev Trevor Williams (retired July 2014) 6 The Representative Church Body – Report 2016 B Elected members (36) Every member elected, except to a casual vacancy, must retire from office on the first day of the third Ordinary Session of the Diocesan Synod after that member’s election (Constitution of the Church of Ireland Chapter X, Section 3). The date in brackets after each member’s name denotes the year in which that member is due to retire. Outgoing members are eligible for re-election provided they have not reached 74 years of age by 1 January preceding election. Armagh 3 Ven Terence Scott, The Rectory, 1 Churchwell Lane, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry BT45 6AL (2018)* 4 Mrs Ethne Harkness, 134 Coagh Road, Stewartstown, Co Tyrone BT71 5LL (2016) 2 Mrs Jane Leighton, 14 Drumbeemore Road, Armagh BT60 1HP (2017) Clogher 1 Rev Canon Brian Harper, 27 Craghan Road, Ballinamallard, Co Fermanagh BT94 2BT (2018)† 4 Mr William Allen, Aughnahinch, Newtownbutler, Co Fermanagh BT92 8LU (2016) 3 Mr John Keating, Kilturk West, Newtownbutler BT92 2BS, Co Fermanagh (2017) Derry and 4 Rev Canon Henry Gilmore, The Rectory, Ramelton, Letterkenny, Raphoe Co Donegal (2017) 4 Mr Robert Pollock, 77 Edenderry Road, Omagh, Co Tyrone BT79 0NP (2018) 2 Mr Sydney Gamble, 14 Spruce Road, Dysart, Strabane, Co Tyrone (2016) Down 4 Ven Roderic West, The Rectory, 63 Lurgan Road, Banbridge, Co Down and BT32 4LY (2018) Dromore 3 Mr Basil O’Malley, 182 Lurgan Road, Magheralin, Craigavon, Co Armagh BT67 0QP (2016) - Vacant (2017)‡ Connor 1 Ven SR McBride, The Vicarage, 10 Vicarage Gardens, Station Road, Antrim, Co Antrim BT41 4JP (2018)§ 4 Mr Robert Kay, 2 Brookvale Terrace, Portrush, Co Antrim BT56 8EY (2016) 4 Mrs Pauline High, 26 Ballyvannon Road, Glenavy, Co Antrim BT29 4QJ (2017) Kilmore, 4 Rev Ian Linton, The Rectory, 8 Mullaghmenagh Avenue, Omagh, Elphin Co Tyrone BT78 5QH (2017) and 3 Miss Maud Cunningham, Clonatumpher, Florencecourt, Enniskillen, Ardagh Co Fermanagh BT92 1BA (2018) 4 Mr Kenneth Davis, Aughafad, Longford (2016) Tuam, 2 Very Rev Alistair Grimason, The Deanery, Deanery Place, Cong, Co Mayo (2017) Killala and 3 Prof Paul Johnston, Luimnagh West, Corrandulla, Co Galway (2018) Achonry 3 Mr Julian Ellison, Ardagh Lodge, Newport, Co Mayo (2016) _______________________________
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