Cemetery Management Regulation
The cemetery management regulation (Regulation 6-3) for New Brunswick’s 160+ Anglican cemeteries became effective on 1 November 2023.
Video explanation of this regulation
This effort was in response to questions to Synod personnel over a number of years on how to handle certain recurring cemetery issues. A regulation lays a basis for dealing with many of them by requiring that future sales of cemetery lots take the form of a written contract featuring certain standard provisions. An example of such a contract is included. At the same time, the proposed contract allows for local variation on many matters.
Requirement to submit cemetery plans
Per the regulation: Every parish corporation which owns land on which a cemetery is situate shall transmit to the Secretary of the Diocesan Synod a current plan of each cemetery showing lot and row numbers of lots for sale.
Templates for Parish Use
The regulation includes two schedules of recommended documents a parish may wish to tailor and maintain for their cemetery(ies). The following are downloadable templates in MS Word format:
Ecclesiastical Insurance paper on cemetery management from a liability insurance perspective
2021 Cemetery Survey
A cemetery survey was distributed to parishes in the Fall of 2021. To date, about 2/3 of parishes have responded. If your church/parish has not yet responded, please find the instructions and a blank form here: