Supply Clergy – Episcopal Diocese of Albany

Please contact Canon Meaghan in the Diocese Office for a copy of the supply clergy list or call 518-692-3350 x 520.

Clergy may also use the password protected resource page for an up to date list

Contact the Diocesan Office for changes/updates to the list

Unless there is prior agreement between the warden seeking a supply and the cleric, the expectation when securing a supply priest is to ask the roundtrip mileage from the clergy’s residence and have a check ready to give the cleric immediately after the service(s) are completed for the mileage reimbursement as well as the service(s) provided.

Reimbursement rates for Supply Clergy:

$150 for one Eucharistic weekend service.
$50 for each additional service in the same weekend.
$100 for weekday liturgical services
$80 per unit for pastoral or other assigned responsibilities such as prayers at time of death, hospital visits, etc. A
unit is a morning, an afternoon or an evening.
Expenses are reimbursed at cost for meals, lodging, parking, etc and at the IRS maximum approved rate for
mileage. The mileage rate changes every six months. Please go to this address to find the latest rate:
https://www.irs.gov/ Search for mileage rates

When utilizing a Deacon for supply, the mileage reimbursement is to be paid to the Deacon personally and the supply rate paid to the Diocese to be added to the Deacon’s Fund, or at the request of the Deacon, to the discretionary fund of the parish where the Deacon is assigned. Mileage may be included in the payment to the Deacon’s Fund or the discretionary fund of the parish where the Deacon is assigned at the request of the Deacon.

Checks for the Deacon’s Fund should be payable to the Episcopal Diocese of Albany with For Deacon’s Fund in the memo line and mailed to Episcopal Diocese of Albany, 580 Burton Rd, Greenwich, NY 12834. Checks for the discretionary fund at the parish where the Deacon is assigned should be payable to the name of the Parish with For Deacon’s Discretionary Fund in the memo line and mailed to the parish or given to the Deacon.