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Resolution Number: 1979-A014
Title: Amend Canon I.14.1 [Congregations in Foreign Lands]
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred
Final Text:

Resolved, That Title I, Canon 14, Sec. 1 be amended to read as follows:

It shall be unlawful, under the conditions hereinafter stated, to organize a Congregation in any foreign land other than Great Britain and Ireland, and the colonies and dependencies thereof not within the jurisdiction of any Missionary Bishop of this Church nor with any Diocese, Province, or regional Church of the Anglican Communion.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 1979 (New York: General Convention, 1980), p. C-21.

Legislative History

Author: The Joint Commission on Constitution and Canons
Originating House: House of Deputies
Originating Committee: Committee on Canons

House of Deputies

On the third day, the Committee on Canons presented its Report #5 on Resolution A-14, amending Title I Canon 14, Sec. 1 to refer to the "Anglican Communion" instead of British dependencies, and recommended adoption of the Resolution without amendment.

Original Text of Resolution:

(A014)

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Title I, Canon 14, Sec. 1 be amended to read as follows:

It shall be unlawful, under the conditions hereinafter stated, to organize a Congregation in any foreign land other than Great Britain and Ireland, and the colonies and dependencies thereof not within the jurisdiction of any Missionary Bishop of this Church nor with any Diocese, Province, or regional Church of the Anglican Communion.

Resolution adopted

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #15)

House of Bishops

HD Message #15 was received on the fourth day.

The House concurred

(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #50)

Report Reference:   Joint Commission on Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 66th General Convention, 1979, pp. AA-7-AA-27.
Abstract:   The 66th General Convention amends Canon Title I.14.1 to eliminate anachronistic references to Great Britain, its colonies and dependencies in connection with the establishment of foreign congregations.