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2020 HR Resolutions I and II: Minimum Cash Salary for Clergy and Continuing Education Allowance

RESOLUTION I: Minimum Cash Salary for Clergy

RESOLVED, that the 146th Convention of the Diocese of Newark adopts the following minimum salary standards for full-time clergy serving parishes or missions in the Diocese, effective January 1, 2021; and be it further

Category

2020

2021

% change

Transitional Deacon*

$39,600

$40,600

2.53%

Assisting Priest

$42,250

$43,350

2.49%

Rector, Vicar, or Priest-in-Charge

$52,700

$54,000

2.47%

* Compensation minimums for transitional deacons are intended only for those who have completed their formation and training process. It does not apply to deacons in field-education placements from a seminary.

RESOLVED, that for those clergy serving parishes or missions less than full time that the compensation be pro-rated to these standards in their respective Letters of Agreement.

RESOLUTION II: Continuing Education Allowance

RESOLVED, that the 146th Convention of the Diocese of Newark adopts a minimum, mandated clergy Continuing Education Allowance of $1000 annually, effective January 1, 2021.

For supporting information, please see the attached PDF.

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Resource Date: 
Feb 1, 2020