Diocesan Guidelines, Policies and Regulations
These Guidance Notes and Regulations contain guidelines, directions and necessary information covering a wide variety of subjects.
This is an essential tool for clergy and PCC Secretaries in the diocese and we hope you will find it useful. Naturally there will be need for constant reviewing and updating of information contained in this document.
This will be done automatically and if you are printing off any pages for your own use, it would be wise to check that the revision date in the footer matches the revision on the web, so that you can be sure that your paper version is up to date.
Foreword by Bishop Tim
DGPR Foreword Bishop Tim (PDF 61.80kb)
Contents Page
DGPR Contents (PDF 15.38kb)
Section B
DGPR Section B incl annexes A+B - Clergy Terms of Service - Clergy Handbook (PDF 500.63kb)
Section C
DGPR Section C - Ministerial Development Review (MDR) and Extended Ministerial Development Leave (EDML) (PDF 190.94kb)
Section D
DGPR Section D - Clergy Terms of Service Capability Procedures (PDF 155.98kb)
Section E
DGPR Section E - Clergy Terms of Service Grievance Procedures (PDF 58.69kb)
Section G
DGPR Section G - Relations with other Churches and others Faiths (PDF 66.39kb)
Section H
DGPR Section H - Glebe (PDF 8.56kb)
Seciton I
DGPR Section I - Data Protection (PDF 26.76kb)
Section J
DGPR Section J - Mission and Ministry Fund (fomerly Common Fund) (PDF 108.33kb)
Section K
DGPR Section K - Media Relations (PDF 42.96kb)
Section L
DGPR Section L - Clergy Moving Post or Retiring (PDF 28.02kb)
Section O
DGPR Section O - Housing Manual (PDF 746.07kb)
Section P
DGPR Section P - Faculty Jurisdiction (PDF 127.63kb)
Section Q
DGPR Section Q - Churches and Churchyards (PDF 230.74kb)
DGPR Section Q (A) Inspection of Churches (PDF 44.60kb)
DGPR Section Q (B) Fund Raising (PDF 87.83kb)
DGPR Section Q (c) Application to introduce a memorial (PDF 7.57kb)
Section R
DGPR Section R - Various Papers of Interest (PDF 58.45kb)
Section T
DGPR Section T - Marriage (PDF 24.16kb)
Section U
DGPR Section U - Safeguarding + CRB (PDF 67.27kb)
Section X
DGPR Section X - Representative Groups (PDF 6.78kb)
DGPR Section X (A) Diocesan Synod Constitution (PDF 42.01kb)
DGPR Section X (B) Diocesan Standing Orders (PDF 86.60kb)
Section Y
DGPR Section Y - The Truro Diocesan Board of Finance Ltd; Statutory & Non-Statutory Boards and Committees (PDF 167.70kb)
Section Z
DGPR Section Z - Diocesan Board of Education (PDF 11.59kb)
DGPR Special Forms
DGPR Forms Annual Leave (PDF 40.59kb)
DGPR Forms Special Leave (PDF 42.67kb)
DGPR Forms Sick Leave (PDF 79.15kb)
EMDL information
Extended Ministerial Development Leave (EMDL) Policy (PDF 100.36kb)
Extended Ministerial Development Leave (EMDL) Application form (PDF 58.09kb)
Ministry Selection information (PDF 106.50kb)