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Resolution Number: 1985-A157
Title: Amend Canon I.8.1 [Of Provinces]
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred As Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, That Title I, Canon 8, Section 1, be amended so that the third paragraph will read as follows:

The Second Province shall consist of the Dioceses within the States of New York and New Jersey, and the Missionary Dioceses of Haiti and the Virgin Islands, and the Convocation of American Churches in Europe.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 168.

Legislative History

Author: The Standing Commission on the Structure of The Church
Originating House: House of Deputies
Originating Committee: Committee on Structure

House of Deputies

Original Text of Resolution:

(A157)

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Title I, Canon 8, Section 1, be amended so that the third paragraph will read as follows:

The Second Province shall consist of the Dioceses within the States of New York and New Jersey, and the Missionary Dioceses of Haiti and the Virgin Island and the Convocation of American Churches in Europe.

Proposed Committee Amendment:

Delete both the words "and" and "Missionary" after the words "New Jersey".

Correct the typographical error by making "Virgin Island" plural.

Motion carried

Resolution adopted

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #62)

House of Bishops

The following message was received from the House of Deputies:

HD Message #62: A157 Amended (Include American Churches in Europe in Second Province).

The House concurred

(Communicated to House of Deputies in HB Message #94)

Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 10.

Report Reference:   Standing Commission on the Structure of the Church, Reports to the 68th General Convention, 1985, pp. 298-307.
Abstract:   The 68th General Convention amends Canon Title I.8.1 to add the Convocation of American Churches in Europe to Province II.