The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1991-A027 |
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| Title: | Amend Constitution Article V.2 [Rights of the Diocesan and the Bishop Coadjutor--Second Reading] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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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, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 594. |
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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:
(A027)
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.
The Committee on Dispatch of Business presented its Report #16 and moved a Special Order of Business to debate and vote on Resolution A016 through Resolution A030.
Motion carried
Special Order adopted
The Committee on Constitution Report #14 moved adoption of Resolution A027 (Amend Article V, Sec. 2).
Ballot #13 taken by orders
The Committee on Credentials presented its Report #7 on the results of Ballots 2-16, on Resolutions A016 (Amend Article I, Sec. 3); A017 (Amend Article I, Sec. 7); A018 (Amend Article II, Sec. 2); A019 (Amend Article II, Sec. 3); A020 (Amend Article II, Sec. 4); A021 (Amend Article II, Sec. 6); A022 (Amend Article II, Sec. 7); A023 (Amend Article II, Sec. 8); A024 (Amend Article II, Sec. 9); A025 (Amend Article III); A026 (Amend Article IV); A027 (Amend Article V, Sec. 2); A028 (Amend Article V, Sec. 3); A029 (Amend Article V, Sec. 4); and A030 (Amend Article VIII).
The Secretary announced the results of the votes by orders, Ballots 2-16, on the Committee on Constitution's Reports 3-17.
Resolutions A016-A030, whose texts appear on pages 23-25 of the 1991 Blue Book, were adopted and the result of the ballots taken on them are as follows:
Result of Ballot #13, Second Reading on Resolution A027 (Amend Article V, Sec. 2), moved on Committee on Constitution Report #14.
| Lay: | Yes--112 | No--1 | Divided--0 | |||
| Clerical: | Yes--111 | No--3 | Divided--0 |
Motion carried by a two-thirds majority
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #88)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Constitution presented its Report #3 on Resolutions A015-A030 and moved that the resolutions be adopted without amendment.
The Bishop of Eau Claire registered his objection on theological grounds with regard to women in the episcopate.
Motion carried
Resolutions adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #47)
Journal Editor's Note: The House later voted to regard these adoptions as concurrences with the House of Deputies. [See the resolution of the Committee on Dispatch of Business below.]
The Secretary announced that the following message had been received from the House of Deputies: HD Message #88: A027 (Amend Article V, Sec. 2)
The House of Deputies adopted the resolution. Referred by the Presiding Bishop to the Committee on Constitution.
The Chair of the Committee on Dispatch of Business moved the following resolution:
Whereas, The House of Bishops on the Third Legislative Day, adopted Resolutions A-016 through A-030, inclusive, which resolutions had been assigned to the House of Deputies for initial action, without amendment, as communicated by House of Bishops Message #47; and
Whereas, The House of Deputies, on the Third Legislative Day, adopted the same numbered resolutions without amendment as communicated by House of Deputies Messages #77-91, inclusive; therefore be it
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the actions of the House of Bishops be deemed to be concurrences with the adoptions without amendment of Resolutions A-016 through A-030, inclusive, a final action of this General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That in the event additional resolutions be adopted in identical form in both Houses, the adoption by the House to which the resolution was assigned for initial action shall be deemed to have been concurred with by the other House.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #50)
House of Deputies
The Secretary announced that the following message had been received from the House of Bishops: HB Message #47: A027, Amend Article V, Sec. 2. Concurred.
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 13.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 70th General Convention, 1991, pp. 21-27. |
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| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention amends Constitution Article V.2 by replacing masculine pronouns with inclusive words/phrases. |