The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1979-D033 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon I.13.1 [Of Parish Vestries] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That Title I, Canon 13, Sec. 1 be amended as follows:
Sec. 1. In every Parish of this Church the number, mode of selection, and term of office of Wardens and Members of the Vestry, with the qualifications of voters, shall be such as the State or Diocesan law may permit or require, and the Wardens and Members of the Vestry selected under such law shall hold office until their successors are selected and have qualified.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 1979 (New York: General Convention, 1980), p. C-20. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Canons |
House of Deputies
On the eighth day, the Committee on Canons presented its Report #12 on Resolution D-33, and recommended adoption without amendment:
Whereas, there are numerous methods by which Senior Wardens are chosen by Parishes within the Dioceses of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, including appointment thereof by the Parish Rector; and
Whereas, Title 1, Canon 13, Sec. 1. appears to require an "election" of Wardens and Members of the Vestry; and
Whereas, the clear intent of Title I Canon 13, Sec. 1 is to allow the various Dioceses to select the manner in which the Wardens and Members of the Vestry are to be chosen and how the qualifications of voters shall be determined; and
Whereas, Members of the Vestry may be of either gender; be it therefore
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Title I, Canon 13, Sec. 1 be amended as follows:
Sec. 1. In every Parish of this Church the number, mode of selection, and term of office of Wardens and Members of the Vestry, with the qualifications of voters, shall be such as the State or Diocesan law may permit or require, and the Wardens and Members of the Vestry selected under such law shall hold office until their successors are selected and have qualified.
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #122)
House of Bishops
On the ninth day, HD Message #122 on Resolution D-33 (Selection of Senior Warden, Canon I.13.1) was received.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #174)
| Abstract: | The 66th General Convention amends Canon Title I.13.1 in order to give dioceses the right to choose the method of election for senior wardens and vestry members. |
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