The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1988-A021 |
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| Title: | Amend Constitution Article V.2 [Rights of the Diocesan and the Bishop Coadjutor--First Reading] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That Article V, Section 2 of the Constitution is hereby amended to read as follows:
In case one Diocese shall be divided into two or more Dioceses, the Bishop of the Diocese divided may elect the one to which he will be attached, and he shall thereupon become the Bishop thereof, and the Bishop Coadjutor, if there be one, may elect the one to which he shall be attached, and (if it not be the one elected by the Bishop) he shall be the Bishop thereof, at least thirty days before the effective date of such division, shall select the Diocese in which the Bishop will continue in jurisdiction. The Bishop Coadjutor, if there be one, subsequently and before the effective date of the division shall select the Diocese in which the Bishop Coadjutor shall continue in jurisdiction, and if it not be the Diocese selected by the Bishop, shall become the Bishop thereof.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 216. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Constitution |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A021)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Article V, Section 2 of the Constitution is hereby amended to read as follows:
In case one Diocese shall be divided into two or more Dioceses, the Bishop of the Diocese divided may elect the one to which he will be attached, and he shall thereupon become the Bishop thereof, and the Bishop Coadjutor, if there be one, may elect the one to which he shall be attached, and (if it not be the one elected by the Bishop) he shall be the Bishop thereof, at least thirty days before the effective date of such division, shall select the Diocese in which the Bishop will continue in jurisdiction. The Bishop Coadjutor, if there be one, subsequently and before the effective date of the division shall select the Diocese in which the Bishop Coadjutor shall continue in jurisdiction, and if it not be the Diocese selected by the Bishop, shall become the Bishop thereof.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #62)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Constitution presented its report #19 on House of Deputies Message #62 on Resolution #A021 and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #227)
The Bishop of Eau Claire asked that his "No" vote on Resolutions A012 through A024 be recorded in the Journal of this Convention.
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 7.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 69th General Convention, 1988, pp. 12-18. |
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| Abstract: | The 69th General Convention amends Constitution Article V.2 to replace gender specific language. |