1973-B150
Approve the Cession of Diocesan Territory from Erie to Central Pennsylvania
Concurred
p. 355
The 64th General Convention consents to the ceding of Morris Township from the Diocese of Erie to the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania.
[Supplementary texts]
Resolved, That the 64th General Convention, pursuant to Article V., Section 6, of the Constitution, consent to the ceding, by the Diocese of Erie, to the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, that portion of Clearfield County denominated "Morris Township", subject to the final affirmative action of the Convention of the Diocese of Erie on amendment of Article I., Section 2, of that Diocese's Constitution.
[History Note]
[Topic] Dioceses
[Subject]
JLD, 05/17/2020
CESSION OF TERRITORY-ERIE TO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
House of Bishops
On the Third Day, the Suffragan Bishop of Tennessee, for the Committee on Domestic Missions, moved the adoption of Resolution B-150, a Memorial from the Diocese of Erie, as follows:
Whereas, The Dioceses of Central Pennsylvania and Erie have been in the process of amending that provision in their respective diocesan Constitutions setting forth the territory each Diocese embraces, so as to transfer from the Diocese of Erie to the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania a portion of Clearfield County; and
Whereas, The Diocese of Central Pennsylvania has already completed the process of constitutional amendment, and the Diocese of Erie expects to complete the parallel process at the Annual Convention of that Diocese, to be held October 26-27, 1973; be it therefore
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 64th General Convention, pursuant to Article V., Section 6, of the Constitution, consent to the ceding, by the Diocese of Erie, to the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, that portion of Clearfield County denominated "Morris Township", subject to the final affirmative action of the Convention of the Diocese of Erie on amendment of Article I., Section 2, of that Diocese's Constitution.
Resolution adopted
[Communicated to the House of Deputies in Message No. 23.]
House of Deputies
On the Fifth Day, Deputy Lavey (Western Michigan), for the Committee on the Admission of New Dioceses, moved that the House concur with the House of Bishops in adopting Resolution B-150.
The House concurred
[Communicated to the House of Bishops in Message No. 33.]
