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Briefing document

Diocese Briefing: Digitising Parish Administration

A vendor-neutral briefing for bishops and chancellors: governance, risks, a phased approach and the questions to ask before choosing any parish software.

What is inside

For: Bishops, vicars general and chancellors

  • Why consider it now

    The problems a diocese is trying to solve.

  • Governance principles

    Ownership, access and accountability, decided up front.

  • Risks and how to reduce them

    What typically goes wrong and how to prevent it.

  • A phased approach

    Pilot, review, then expand.

  • Measuring success

    Measures a chancery can actually check.

  • Questions to ask any vendor

    A checklist that works for any parish software.

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