Rules & Regulations

The Rules of the Deanery of Guernsey were made by the Deanery Synod on the 2nd April 1993 and amended on the 10th June 1997, 19th May 1998, 20th April 1999, 28th November 2006, 1st December 2011 and 9th October 2018 under powers conferred upon it by The Channel Islands (Representation) Measure, 1931, as amended.

Deanery Administration and Governance

The Dean of Guernsey is the senior priest in the Deanery.  He fulfils the roles of archdeacon and Bishop’s Commissary and presides over the Ecclesiastical Court of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.  He is assisted by two vice deans. 

The Deanery Synod is made up as follows:

House of Clergy

• All rectors, vicars and priests-in-charge;
• All licensed clergy
• Two representatives of clergy who hold the Bishop’s permission to officiate.

House of Laity

• Lay Members of General Synod resident in Guernsey
• Three elected representatives from each parish in the Deanery

 See the Deanery Synod Rules