The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 2022-A115 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon I.15.10.a [Of Congregations in Foreign Lands] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention amend Canon I.15.10.a to read as follows.
Sec. 10. In the case a Member of the Clergy in charge of a Congregation or otherwise authorized to serve the Church in a foreign land shall be accused of any offense under the Canons of this Church:
a. With the permission of
the Presiding Bishop, the Bishop in Charge and the Council of Advice may
(i) engage a Diocese of this Church to provide the needed Disciplinary
Structures to fulfill the requirements of the Canons of this Church, or
(ii) establish among the Congregations of the Convocation the needed
Disciplinary Structures to fulfill the requirements of the Canons of
this Church. In either case, the Provincial Court of Review shall
either be that of the Diocese providing the needed Disciplinary
Structures or that of the Province of the Convocation; and, for the
purposes of implementing the provisions for Ecclesiastical Discipline
(Title IV) of a member of the Clergy, the Bishop in Charge shall serve
the function reserved for the Bishop Diocesan, except that the Presiding
Bishop must approve any Accord, any Agreement for Discipline and the
terms of any Order, and pronounce the Sentence.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), p. 459. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Standing Commission on Structure, Governance, Constitution and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Constitution and Canons |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Constitution and Canons presented its Report #26 on Resolution A115 (Amend Canon I.15.10.a to Remove Outdated Reference on Congregations Outside the United States) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A15)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,
That the 80th General Convention amend Canon I.15.10.a to read as follows.
Sec. 10. In the case a Member of the Clergy in charge of a Congregation or otherwise authorized to serve the Church in a foreign land shall be accused of any offense under the Canons of this Church:
a. With the permission of
the Presiding Bishop, the Bishop in Charge and the Council of Advice may
(i) engage a Diocese of this Church to provide the needed Disciplinary
Structures to fulfill the requirements of the Canons of this Church, or
(ii) establish among the Congregations of the Convocation the needed
Disciplinary Structures to fulfill the requirements of the Canons of
this Church. In either case, the Provincial Court of Review shall
either be that of the Diocese providing the needed Disciplinary
Structures or that of the Province of the Convocation; and, for the
purposes of implementing the provisions for Ecclesiastical Discipline
(Title IV) of a member of the Clergy, the Bishop in Charge shall serve
the function reserved for the Bishop Diocesan, except that the Presiding
Bishop must approve any Accord, any Agreement for Discipline and the
terms of any Order, and pronounce the Sentence.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #111)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Constitution and Canons presented its Report #44 on HB Message #111 on Resolution A115 (Amend Canon I.15.10.a to Remove Outdated Reference on Congregations Outside the United States) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #203)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Structure, Governance, Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 80th General Convention, 2022, pp. 408-432. |
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| Abstract: | The 80th General Convention amends Canon I.15.10(a) to remove a reference to the Provincial Court of Review. |