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Final Text:
Resolution Number:	1988-A130
Title:	Renumber Canon III.1-15 [Ministry]
Legislative Action Taken:	Concurred

Resolved, That Canons 1 through 15 of Title III be renumbered as follows and that the Secretary of the General Convention make emendations to the Canons to conform to the renumbering:

		Canon
			1	*Of the Ministry of all Baptized Persons*
		1	2	Of ~~Diocesan~~ Commissions on Ministry
		2	3	Of ~~Lay Readers, Lay Preachers, and Catechists~~ Licensed Lay Persons
		3		~~Of Lay Eucharistic Ministers~~
		4		~~Of Certified Church Workers~~
		5	4	Of Postulants for Holy Orders
		6	5	Of Candidates for Holy Orders
		7		~~Of Standards of Learning and Examination of Candidates for Holy Orders~~
		9	6	*Of the* Ordination of Deacons ~~to the Diaconate~~**
		10	7	*Of Ordination to the Diaconate and* Priesthood**
			8	Of General Provisions Respecting Ordination
		11	9	Of ~~Admissions to Holy Orders in other Cases~~ the Ordination of Local Priests and Deacons
			10	*Of Christian Clergy Previously Ordained or Licensed in Churches Not in Historic Succession*
		13	11	*Of ~~Persons~~ Priests and Deacons* Ordained in Churches in the Historic Succession but Not in Communion with This Church**
			12	Of Clergy Ordained by Bishops of Other Churches in Communion with This Church
		14	13	Of Deacons and Their Duties
		15	14	Of Clergy and Their Duties
			15	*Reserved*

Citation:	General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 605.