Ordination Information & Materials

Brothers and Sisters in DOMA, The Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic (DOMA) welcomes your interest in exploring a possible call to ordained ministry in the Diaconate or Priesthood. We applaud your desire to be obedient to God’s call and your heart to follow and serve Him.

Included in this information packet is an overview of our discernment/ordination process, a checklist of the steps involved, forms you and your rector will need and instructions for a Church Discernment Committee.

Forms and Documents (.pdf)

Updated January 6, 2025

• Ordination Process Checklist

• Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic: Application for Holy Orders

• Authorization and Consent to Release of Personal Information

• Vestry and Rector Recommendation for Postulancy

• Postulants’, Candidates’, and Transitional Deacons’ Reports to the Bishop and Ordination Committee

• Certification Concerning the Oaths of Conformity and Canonical Obedience, the Constitution and Canons of the Anglican Church in North America and the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic, and the Liturgies of the Anglican Church in North America

• Application for Ordination to the Diaconate

• Vestry and Rector Recommendation for Ordination to the Diaconate

• Application for Ordination to the Priesthood

• Vestry and Rector Recommendation for Ordination to the Priesthood

• Medical Health Condition

• Psychological Evaluation for the Ordination Process

• Background Check Instructions for the Ordination Process

• Church Planter Evaluation

• Church Discernment Process and Church Discernment Committee Handbook

• Supporting Documents