| Resolution Number: | 1979-C026 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon IV.9.1 [Abandonment of the Church by a Bishop] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
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Resolved, That Title IV, Canon 9 be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1. If a Bishop abandon the communion of this Church, either (a) by an open renunciation of the Doctrine, Discipline, or Worship of the this Church; or (b) by formal admission into any religious body not in communion with the same; or in any other manner or (c) by exercising episcopal acts in and for a religious body other than this Church, so as to extend to such body Holy Orders as this Church holds the same, or to administer on behalf of such religious body Confirmation without the express consent and commission of the proper authority in this Church; it shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee to the Presiding Bishop, as provided for by the Rules of Order of the House of Bishops, to certify the fact to the Presiding Bishop, and with such certificate to send a statement of the acts or declarations which show such abandonment, which certificate and statement shall be recorded by the Presiding Bishop. The Presiding Bishop, with the consent of the three senior Bishops having jurisdiction in this Church, shall then suspend the said Bishop from the exercise of his Office and Ministry until such time as the House of Bishops shall investigate the matter.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 1979 (New York: General Convention, 1980), p. C-28. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Ministry |
House of Bishops
On the seventh day, the Bishop of Pittsburgh, Chairman of the Committee on Ministry, moved the adoption of Resolution C-26 as amended (Title IV, Canon 9, Sec. 1 ):
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Title IV, Canon 9 be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1. If a Bishop abandon the communion of this Church, either (a) by an open renunciation of the Doctrine, Discipline, or Worship of the this Church; or (b) by formal admission into any religious body not in communion with the same; or in any other manner or (c) by exercising episcopal acts in and for a religious body other than this Church, so as to extend to such body Holy Orders as this Church holds the same, or to administer on behalf of such religious body Confirmation without the express consent and commission of the proper authority in this Church; it shall be the duty of the Advisory Committee to the Presiding Bishop, as provided for by the Rules of Order of the House of Bishops, to certify the fact to the Presiding Bishop, and with such certificate to send a statement of the acts or declarations which show such abandonment, which certificate and statement shall be recorded by the Presiding Bishop. The Presiding Bishop, with the consent of the three senior Bishops having jurisdiction in this Church, shall then suspend the said Bishop from the exercise of his Office and Ministry until such time as the House of Bishops shall investigate the matter.
The motion was seconded by Bishop Sorge.
After discussion, the Bishop of Central New York moved the previous question.
The motion was seconded by the Bishop Suffragan of West Texas.
Resolution carried
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #117)
House of Deputies
On the eighth day, HB Message #117 on Resolution C-26 was referred to the Committee on Ministry.
On the tenth day, the Committee on Ministry presented its Report #4 on Resolution C-26 as amended, and recommended concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #203)
| Abstract: | The 66th General Convention amends Canon Title IV.9.1 to extend the criteria for abandonment of communion by a Bishop and to give the responsibility of certifying such abandonment to a Advisory Committee to the Presiding Bishop. |
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