| Resolution Number: | 1982-A010 |
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| Title: | Amend Constitution Article V.1 [Admission of New Dioceses--Second Reading] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the following proposed amendments having been made known to the several Dioceses and Missionary Dioceses and the Convocation of the American Churches in Europe in accordance with Article XI of the Constitution, Section 1 of Article V of the Constitution, the 67th General Convention adopt the following amendments to Article V of the Constitution, to wit:
Add the word "existing" before the word "Dioceses" where such word first appears in the second sentence of Section 1 of Article V, and strike the last sentence of said Section and substitute a new sentence therefor, so that said Section 1 as amended will read:
ARTICLE V.
Sec. 1 A new Diocese may be formed, with the consent of the General Convention and under such conditions as the General Convention shall prescribe by General Canon or Canons, (1) by the division of an existing Diocese; (2) by the junction of two or more existing Dioceses or of parts of two or more Dioceses; or (3) by the erection into a Diocese of an unorganized area evangelized as provided in Article VI. The proceedings shall originate in a Convocation of the Clergy and Laity of the unorganized area called by the Bishop for that purpose; or, with the approval of the Bishop, in the Convention of the Diocese to be divided; or (when it is proposed to form a new Diocese by the junction of two or more existing Dioceses or of parts of two or more Dioceses), by mutual agreement of the Conventions of the Dioceses concerned, with the approval of the Bishop of each Diocese. In case the Episcopate of a Diocese be vacant, no proceedings toward its division shall be taken until the vacancy is filled. When it shall appear to the satisfaction of the General Convention, by a certified copy of the proceedings and other documents and papers laid before it, that all the conditions for the formation of the new Diocese have been compiled with and that it has acceded to the Constitution and Canons of this Church, such new Diocese shall thereupon be admitted to union with the General Convention.
After consent of the General Convention, when a certified copy of the duly adopted Constitution of the New Diocese, including an unqualified accession to the Constitution and Canons of this Church, shall have been filed with the Secretary of the General Convention and approved by the Executive Council of this Church, such new Diocese shall thereupon be in union with the General Convention.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, New Orleans, 1982 (New York: General Convention, 1983), p. C-23. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Constitution |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A010)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the following proposed amendments having been made known to the several Dioceses and Missionary Dioceses and the Convocation of the American Churches in Europe in accordance with Article XI of the Constitution, Section 1 of Article V of the Constitution, the 67th General Convention adopt the following amendments to Article V of the Constitution, to wit:
Add the word "existing" before the word "Dioceses" where such word first appears in the second sentence of Section 1 of Article V, and strike the last sentence of said Section and substitute a new sentence therefor, so that said Section 1 as amended will read:
ARTICLE V.
Sec. 1 A new Diocese may be formed, with the consent of the General Convention and under such conditions as the General Convention shall prescribe by General Canon or Canons, (1) by the division of an existing Diocese; (2) by the junction of two or more existing Dioceses or of parts of two or more Dioceses; or (3) by the erection into a Diocese of an unorganized area evangelized as provided in Article VI. The proceedings shall originate in a Convocation of the Clergy and Laity of the unorganized area called by the Bishop for that purpose; or, with the approval of the Bishop, in the Convention of the Diocese to be divided; or (when it is proposed to form a new Diocese by the junction of two or more existing Dioceses or of parts of two or more Dioceses), by mutual agreement of the Conventions of the Dioceses concerned, with the approval of the Bishop of each Diocese. In case the Episcopate of a Diocese be vacant, no proceedings toward its division shall be taken until the vacancy is filled. When it shall appear to the satisfaction of the General Convention, by a certified copy of the proceedings and other documents and papers laid before it, that all the conditions for the formation of the new Diocese have been compiled with and that it has acceded to the Constitution and Canons of this Church, such new Diocese shall thereupon be admitted to union with the General Convention.
After consent of the General Convention, when a certified copy of the duly adopted Constitution of the New Diocese, including an unqualified accession to the Constitution and Canons of this Church, shall have been filed with the Secretary of the General Convention and approved by the Executive Council of this Church, such new Diocese shall thereupon be in union with the General Convention.
The Committee recommended that the resolution be adopted without amendment.
A vote by orders was taken--Ballot #3, Resolution A-10.
The Secretary announced the results of Ballot #3, on Resolution A-10.
| Lay: | Yes--109 | No--1 | Divided--1 | ||
| Clergy: | Yes--110 | No--1 | Divided--1 |
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #23)
House of Bishops
On the fourth day, the Secretary read:
HD Message #23--Admission of New Dioceses (A-10).
The House concurred
(Communicated to House of Deputies in HB Message #50)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 8.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 67th General Convention, 1982, pp. 5-29. |
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| Abstract: | The 67th General Convention amends Constitution Article V.1 to change the procedure for the admission and certification of new dioceses. |