Diocesan Executive Council (DEC)

The Diocesan Executive Council (DEC) consists of the Bishop, 18 elected representatives (nine clergy and nine laity), convocation deans and lay wardens, the diocesan chancellors, and diocesan treasurer. Functioning as a "Diocesan Vestry," Council's responsibilities include service as the Council of Advice to the Bishop and as the Long-Range Planning Committee.

The work of the Council is most clearly expressed in and through the actions of the DEC Commissions. There are seven Commissions, by which the DEC expresses its strategic leadership ministry. They are:

1. Commission on Ministry
2. Commission for Congregations
3. Commission on Convocations
4. Commission on the Diocese
5. Commission on The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion
6. Commission on Mission and International Concerns
7. Commission on Christian Formation

Each commission is responsible for implementing effective ministry in these areas, based upon the Bishop's and Council's priorities.

Members of the Diocesan Executive Council

2019

The Rev. Canon Dorian Del Priore
Trinity Cathedral, Columbia

Dr. Marie Martin
St. Luke’s, Columbia

Mr. Larry Moore
Church of the Advent, Spartanburg

Ms. Susan Palmer (President of DEC)
St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, Columbia

The Rev. Patricia Sexton
All Saints, Cayce

2020

The Rev. Debbie Apoldo
Church of the Advent, Spartanburg

The Rev. Nicholas Beasley
St. John’s, Columbia

Mr. Michael Darnell
Church of the Incarnation, Gaffney

Dr. Norah Grimball
Trinity Cathedral, Columbia

The Rev. Jack Hardaway
Grace Church, Anderson

Mr. Craig Williams
Church of the Advent, Spartanburg

2021

The Rev. Jay Biedenharn
Christ Church, Greenville

Ms. Mary Ellen Haile
Trinity Cathedral, Columbia

Ms. Rebecca Ann Kenner
All Saints’, Cayce

Ms. Melissa Langford
Grace Church, Anderson

The Rev. Stephen Rhoades (Vice President of DEC)
St. James, Greenville

The Rev. Mitchell Smith
St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, Columbia

Ex-Officio

Mr. Kirby Shealy (Chancellor)
Trinity Cathedral

Mr. J. P. Lee (Vice Chancellor)
Trinity Cathedral

Dr. Bill Sandberg (Treasurer)
St. Timothy’s, Columbia

The Rt. Rev. W. Andrew Waldo

Convocation Deans

The Rev. Jane Wilson
Catawba Convocation
Our Saviour, Rock Hill

The Rev. Dan Wagner
Gravatt Convocation
St. Augustine of Canterbury, Aiken

The Rev. Slaven Manning
Midlands Convocation
St. Francis of Assisi

The Rev. Paula Griffin
Piedmont Convocation
Church of the Advent, Spartanburg

The Rev. Mike Flanagan
Foothills Convocation
Holy Cross, Simpsonville

Convocation Lay Wardens

Mr. David Dudley
Catawba Convocation
St. Paul’s, Fort Mill

Ms. Mary Anne Park
Gravatt Convocation
St. Bartholomew’s, North Augusta

Mr. Bruce Carter
Midlands Convocation
St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, Columbia

Mr. Danny Shelton
Piedmont Convocation
St. Matthew’s, Spartanburg

Mr. Frank Boineau
Foothills Convocation
St. Peter’s, Greenville