The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1997-A011 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon III.22.4 [Date of an Episcopal Election and General Convention] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That Canon III.22.4.(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4(a) If the date of the election of a Bishop occurs more than three months 120 days before the meeting of the General Convention, the Standing Committee of the Diocese electing shall by its President, or by some person or persons specially appointed, immediately send to the Presiding Bishop and to the Standing Committees of the several Dioceses a certificate of the election by the Secretary of Convention of the Diocese, bearing a statement that evidence of the Bishop-elect's having been duly ordered Deacon and Priest and the certificates as to the Bishop-elect's medical, psychological and psychiatric examination required in Sec. 3(b) of this Canon have been received and that a testimonial in the form set out in Sec. 3(a) of this Canon has been signed by a constitutional majority of the Convention. The Presiding Bishop, without delay, shall notify every Bishop of this Church exercising jurisdiction of the Presiding Bishop's receipt of the certificates mentioned in this Section and request a statement of consent or withholding of consent. Each Standing Committee, in not more than 120 days after the sending by the electing Diocese of the certificate of the election, shall respond by sending the Standing Committee of the Diocese electing either the testimonial of consent in the form set out in paragraph (b) of this Section or written notice of its refusal to give consent. If a majority of the Standing Committees of all the Dioceses consents to the ordination of the Bishop-elect, the Standing Committee of the Diocese electing shall then forward the evidence of the consent, with the other necessary documents described in Sec. 3(a) and (b) of this Canon, to the Presiding Bishop , who shall immediately communicate them to every Bishop of this Church exercising jurisdiction. If the Presiding Bishop receives sufficient statements to indicate a majority of those Bishops consents to the ordination, the Presiding Bishop shall, without delay, notify the Standing Committee of the Diocese electing and the Bishop-elect of the consent.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1997 (New York: General Convention, 1998), pp. 571-572. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ministry |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(A011)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Canon III.22.4.(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4(a) If the date of the election of a Bishop occurs more than three months 120 days before the meeting of the General Convention, the Standing Committee of the Diocese electing shall by its President, or by some person or persons specially appointed, immediately send to the Presiding Bishop and to the Standing Committees of the several Dioceses a certificate of the election by the Secretary of Convention of the Diocese, bearing a statement that evidence of the Bishop-elect's having been duly ordered Deacon and Priest and the certificates as to the Bishop-elect's medical, psychological and psychiatric examination required in Sec. 3(b) of this Canon have been received and that a testimonial in the form set out in Sec. 3(a) of this Canon has been signed by a constitutional majority of the Convention. The Presiding Bishop, without delay, shall notify every Bishop of this Church exercising jurisdiction of the Presiding Bishop's receipt of the certificates mentioned in this Section and request a statement of consent or withholding of consent. Each Standing Committee, in not more than 120 days after the sending by the electing Diocese of the certificate of the election, shall respond by sending the Standing Committee of the Diocese electing either the testimonial of consent in the form set out in paragraph (b) of this Section or written notice of its refusal to give consent. If a majority of the Standing Committees of all the Dioceses consents to the ordination of the Bishop-elect, the Standing Committee of the Diocese electing shall then forward the evidence of the consent, with the other necessary documents described in Sec. 3(a) and (b) of this Canon, to the Presiding Bishop , who shall immediately communicate them to every Bishop of this Church exercising jurisdiction. If the Presiding Bishop receives sufficient statements to indicate a majority of those Bishops consents to the ordination, the Presiding Bishop shall, without delay, notify the Standing Committee of the Diocese electing and the Bishop-elect of the consent.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #47)
House of Deputies
The Committee on Ministry presented its Report #3 on HB Message #47 on Resolution A011 (Amend Canon III.22.4(a): Notice of Consent by Standing Committees), moved the resolution, and recommended concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #116)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 20.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 72nd General Convention, 1997, pp. 12-77. |
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| Abstract: | The 72nd General Convention amends Canon III.22.4 to improve procedures by which the Bishops and the diocesan Standing Committees give consent for the ordination of a bishop in another diocese. |
| Notes: | The words "or delegated oversight" were erroneously added to the second sentence of section 4(a) after the words "exercising jurisdiction" in the Constitutions and Canons 1997 (p. 97). |