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Form 1: Personal Information Form

Thank you for your interest in the Ordination Process for the Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes!

This form covers basic biographical and contact information as well as your religious, educational, employment, and other personal history.
You will need access to a digital image file of a photo of yourself.
You may want to have the details of your baptism and confirmation on hand (in addition to reception into The Episcopal Church and ordination in another denomination if applicable). You will also need the contact information for your Sponsoring Priest.
There are no additional pages on this form, so you can see all of the items included on it by scrolling through it; however, based on your responses to some drop-down menu questions, required follow-up detail questions may be shown.
Upon your completion of this form, it will be sent to your Sponsoring Priest for inclusion in your Inquirer Packet. See step 5 and 7 of the Manual for the Ordination Process for the Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes [WILL ADD LINK WHEN COMPLETE] for details.

Which clergy order might you be considering?

Biographical and Contact Information

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

What are your pronouns?

What are your pronouns?

Please upload a photo of yourself.

Date of Birth

What is your current age?

Home address

Street 1

Street 2

City

State

Zip Code

Phone Numbers

Cell

Home

Work

Which is your preferred phone number?

Online Contact Info & Presence

What is your email address?

On which social media platforms do you have a profile?

Check all that apply.
On which social media platforms do you have a profile?

Relationship Information

What is your current marital status?

Have you ever had children?

Religious History

Choose your home congregation.

How long have you been in your home congregation?

Please list all congregations (any diocese or denominations) of which you've been a member in the last ten years with dates.

Who is your sponsoring priest?

Is your sponsoring priest a clergyperson in your home congregation?

Please list their preferred phone number.

Please list their preferred email address.

‼️ Important‼️ You must enter this email address accurately so that your sponsoring priest receives your submission of this Personal Information Form and they must receive this submission to be able to add it to your Inquirer Packet. An incorrect email address here may delay processing of your form. Please double-check your entry for accuracy!

Please list your ministries in your current congregation or within the diocese with dates of service.

For how long have you been a resident of this diocese?

For how long have you been a confirmed communicant in good standing at a congregation in this diocese?

The glossary (Appendix 1) of the Manual for Ordination [ADD LINK HERE] includes a definition for "communicant in good standing."

Baptism

Date of Baptism

Church Name

Church City, State

Officiant's Name

Denomination

If you have one, please upload a photo or scan of your baptismal certificate.

Confirmation

Date of Confirmation

Church Name

Church City, State

Officiant's Name

Denomination

If you have one, please upload a photo or scan of your confirmation certificate.

Were you received into The Episcopal Church from another denomination?

Have you been a member of (an)other Episcopal Diocese(s)?

Have you been a member of any other denominations?

Prior to this application, have you ever applied for admission to the process for ordination?

Are you a clergy person seeking reception as a priest in The Episcopal Church?

Educational History

High School

Did you attend high school?

College

Did you attend college?

Business/Trade School

Did you attend business or trade school?

Seminary, Graduate, and/or Post-Graduate Work

Did you attend seminary or graduate school and/or have you engaged in post-graduate work?

Are you a current student?

Employment History

Please provide a brief account of where you have worked and the nature of your work over the last five (5) years.

For the following employment history questions, please type "N/A" if you have not been able to work due to disability or other mitigating factors.

Where are you currently employed?

If you are not currently employed, where were you most recently employed?

Employer Address

Dates Employed

Position Title

Where were you employed before your current/most recent employer?

Employer Address

Dates Employed

Position Title

Have you served in the military?

Please provide a brief history of your volunteer, civic, and professional activity.

Other

Have you ever been arrested?

Please share your experience or usage of alcohol and drugs.

Please use the space below to add any personal information that you believe it is important for your Sponsoring Priest, the Commission on Ministry and the Bishop to know in addition to or expanding upon the information included above.

Did someone else prepare this form on your behalf?

Please review the acknowledgement below and check the box.

Please review the acknowledgement below and check the box.

‼️Before you Submit‼️

Please double check that all of the information you have provided is accurate, especially contact information.
This form is built on automations to share and archive information in efficient and effective ways for you, your Sponsoring Priest, the Commission on Ministry, and diocesan staff members; however it relies on you correctly inputting contact information. Inaccurate information (including as a result of typos!) may delay your process.
Once you have double-checked your information and press submit, a copy of your responses will be sent to your Sponsoring Priest and to the email address for yourself which you have provided.