Salt Lake City chosen for 2015 Episcopal General Convention

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The Episcopal Church Executive Council announced during its February meeting in Fort Worth that the 2015 General Convention of the Episcopal Church will be held in Salt Lake City.

General Conventions of the Episcopal Church are held every three years, traditionally in July. The 2012 General Convention is being held in Indianapolis. The most recent General Convention was held in 2009 in Anaheim, Calif.

"This is really a tremendous thing, both for the Episcopal Church in Utah and for Salt Lake City," said the Rt. Rev. Scott B. Hayashi, Bishop of Utah. "We could potentially have as many as 20,000 people come to Salt Lake from all around the Episcopal Church. I'm pleased that they will be able to get a sense of our ministry here, and see what a wonderful place Utah is to live."

The Convention is expected to take place in July 2015. The exact dates will be determined later.

The General Convention usually lasts about 10 days and brings to town with it thousands of delegates and their families, vendors, journalists and religious leaders from throughout the world. Convention sessions are open to the public and traditionally attract hundreds of observers.

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