Conventions
Photographs of conventions in the Diocese of Northern Indiana are spotty. The earliest date from 1949 and 1958, the latter for use as illustrations in the diocesan newspaper, The Beacon. The years of Bishop William C. R. Sheridan are especially well documented. Sheridan believed that a Eucharist should be held the evening before the convention, and during his tenure the site was moved around the diocese with every third year being held at the Cathedral. Previous to his episcopate, most conventions were held where the cathedral or pro-cathedral was located (Michigan City, Mishawaka, and South Bend), though the 1949 convention was held in Valparaiso. During the episcopate of Francis Campbell Gray in the 1990s, the budget for the newspaper was cut back and far fewer photographs were taken, the exception being in 1998, when Gray observed the centennial of the diocese at Trinity Church, Michigan City, the original cathedral.
The source that documents the activities of each convention is the diocesan journal, which contains not only minutes, but also lists of delegates, budgets, parish reports, and the bishop's convention address. From 1899 to 2001, these journals were produced in printed form and are accessible digitally through Internet Archive <www.archive.org> Since 2002, the journal has been produced only in digital form.
Diocese of Indiana Annual Council Journal of Proceedings, 1839-1900
Convention Journal, 1899-1905
Convention Journal, 1906-1912
Convention Journal, 1913-1918
Convention Journal, 1919-1924
Convention Journal, 1925-1929
Convention Journal, 1930
Convention Journal, 1931
Convention Journal, 1932
Convention Journal, 1933
Convention Journal, 1934-1939
Convention Journal, 1940
Convention Journal, 1941
Convention Journal, 1942
Convention Journal, 1943
Convention Journal, 1944
Convention Journal, 1945
Convention Journal, 1946
Convention Journal, 1947
Convention Journal, 1948
Convention Journal, 1949
1949 Diocesan Council photograph, St. Andrew's Valparaiso
Convention Journal, 1950
Convention Journal, 1951-1952
Convention Journal, 1953
Convention Journal, 1954
Convention Journal, 1955-1956
Convention Journal, 1957
1958 Diocesan Convention, December, South Bend, Photographs
Convention Journal, 1958-1962
Convention Journal, 1963-1967
Convention Journal, 1968-1971
1970 General Convention Photographs
Convention Journal, 1972
Convention Journal, 1973
Convention Journal, 1974
Convention Journal, 1975-1978
1975 Diocesan Convention, December 5-6, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Kokomo, Photographs
1976 Diocesan Convention, December 3-4, St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, Elkhart, Photographs
1977 Diocesan Convention, December 2-3, Cathedral of St. James, South Bend, Photographs
1978 Diocesan Convention, December 1-2, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Hammond, Photographs
1979 Diocesan Convention,November 30-December 1, St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Fort Wayne, Photographs
Convention Journal, 1979
Convention Journal, 1980-1983
1980 Diocesan Convention, November 14-15, Cathedral of St. James, South Bend, Photographs
1981 Diocesan Convention, November 13-14, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, La Porte, Photographs
1982 Diocesan Convention, November 12-13, Gethsemane Episcopal Church, Marion, Photographs
1983 Diocesan Convention, November 11-12, Cathedral of St. James, South Bend, Photographs
Convention Journal, 1984-1987
1985 Diocesan Convention, November 8-9, Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort Wayne, Photographs
1988 Diocesan Convention, November 4-5, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Kokomo, Photographs
1988 General Convention, July, Detroit, Michigan, Photographs
Convention Journal, 1988-1991
1989 Diocesan Convention, November 3-4, St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Fort Wayne, Photographs
1991 General Convention, Phoenix, Arizona, Photographs
1991 Diocesan Convention, November 1-2,St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Munster, Photographs
Convention Journal, 1992
Convention Journal, 1993
Convention Journal, 1994-1997
Convention Journal, 1998
1998 Diocesan Convention, November 6-7, Trinity Episcopal Church, Michigan City, Photographs
Convention Journal, 1999-2001
Convention Journal, 2002, October 25-26, Cathedral of St. James, South Bend
Convention Journal, 2003, October 24-25, St. Paul's, Munster
2011 Diocesan Convention, October 17, Cathedral of St. James, South Bend, photographs
Convention Journal, 2016
Convention Journal 2017
Convention Journal 2018
2019 Diocesan Convention, November 3, Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort Wayne, Photographs
Convention Journal 2019
Convention Journal 2020
Convention Journal 2021