Clergy Transfer
If you are a clergyperson who is curious about transferring your Holy Orders into DCOH, we invite you to consider our basic requirements. Please determine whether or not you meet these requirements before reaching out to us. Thank you!
- If you are a clergyperson resident in another diocese in the Anglican Church in North America, you must first speak to your Bishop to obtain his permission to speak to DCOH.
- We require all clergy in DCOH to have an active role in an Anglican church, and almost always an Anglican church within DCOH. An active role would include a specific and designated paid, stipend or volunteer role under the local rector. Very rare exceptions are certain individuals in academia or people serving in an overseas context. Such exceptions are usually people who were previously part of DCOH and experienced a shift in their vocational call.
- If you are ordained in another tradition, or in an Anglican church that is not in communion with the ACNA, and are seeking to transfer into DCOH, it may be necessary for you to be re-ordained in keeping with the Canons and Constitution of the Anglican Church of North America. This will be determined by the DCOH Canon to the Ordinary and/or the ACNA Admissions Committee.
If you meet the requirements above and determine you would like to pursue transferring into DCOH, contact our Canon to the Ordinary, Rev. Ben Bowman.