You are receiving this message because you are currently Licensed to Officiate in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut (ECCT). Your license will expire on December 31, 2025.

To request a renewal of your license, please complete the online License to Officiate Renewal Form by December 31, 2025.

License requests received and approved by ECCT’s bishops will be renewed for three (3) years, and will expire on December 31, 2028.

If you have any questions or concerns, or need assistance completing the online form, please contact Barbara Roos, Program Assistant to the Canon to the Ordinary.

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Save the Date:

Mandatory Clergy Professional Development 2028

All clergy canonically resident or licensed to serve in Connecticut are required to attend Mandatory Clergy Professional Development (MCPD) every three years and will be due for this training in May 2028.

The government shut down highlighted how many people are food insecure in our state. Almost every parish in the ECCT already addresses this issue in some way. 

Pre-Advent Clergy Day

Tuesday, November 18, 9 AM–2 PM
St. Andrew the Apostle, Rocky Hill

We look forward to seeing you at tomorrow’s Pre-Advent Clergy Day as we gather for worship, good food, fellowship, time with our bishops, and an opportunity to hear from ECCT’s Director for Lay Vocations & Ministry, Marsha McCurdy Adell, and Director for Congregational Development & Networking the Rev. Jill Morrison.

We will begin promptly at 9 AM with Morning Prayer; light breakfast snacks and coffee will be available. Lunch is provided.

On behalf of the Rt. Rev. Jeffrey W. Mello, Bishop Diocesan of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, I am sending the attached Notice of Accord in the matter of the Rev. Christopher Rose.

If you have any questions, please contact Bishop Mello at jmello@episcopalct.org.

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To:     

The Most Rev. Sean Rowe, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church
The Bishops of The Episcopal Church
The Ecclesiastical Authority of Episcopal Dioceses without a Bishop Diocesan
The President of the House of Deputies
The Recorder of Ordinations
The Secretary of the House of Bishops
The Secretary of the House of Deputies
The Office for Transition Ministry
The Clergy of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut
All Vestries within the Episcopal Church in Connecticut
The Secretary of Convention for the Episcopal Church in Connecticut
Members of the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut
The Archives of The Episcopal Church

NOTICE OF AN ACCORD

In accordance with Title IV.9 of the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church, notice is hereby given that I have reached an Accord with

The Reverend Christopher L. Rose

A priest canonically resident in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut.

This Accord became effective on November 9, 2025, for the offense under Title IV.4.1.h.9 of the Canons of The Episcopal Church of the United States.

Under the terms of this Accord, the Rev. Christopher Rose is suspended from ordained ministry and thereby temporarily deprived of the rights to exercise the gifts and spiritual authority of God’s word and sacraments conferred at ordination until August 31, 2026.

November 5, 2025                                                          

The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey W. Mello
The Episcopal Church in Connecticut