The 171^st Convention of the Diocese of WNY will be held on Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25 at the Millennium Hotel on Walden Avenue in Cheektowaga, NY. The first business session will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. The Convention Eucharist is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday.

Diocesan Convention is the governing body of the diocese. It is held each year in late October. Convention is comprised of all clerics canonically resident in the diocese for at least six weeks prior to convention who are not under discipline, as well as up to three lay delegates from each congregation in union with the Convention. Congregations must notify the Secretary of Convention of the appointment of their lay delegates and alternates at least one week before the meeting of the convention.