| Resolution Number: | 2003-B012 |
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| Title: | Amend House of Bishops Rule XXIV [Collegial Members] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Adopted |
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Resolved, That Rule XXIV (General Rules General Convention Constitution and Canons 2000, pg. 185) be amended as follows:
"Any Bishop of a Church in the Anglican Communion who is in exile from a Diocese, or is without membership in a House of Bishops because the Diocese is temporarily in an extra-provincial status, and who is resident in any jurisdiction in this Church, or any other Bishop of a Church in the Anglican Communion who has resigned his or her position in that Church, who has made his or her primary residence in any jurisdiction in this Church may be admitted to this House as a collegial member."
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, 2003 (New York: General Convention, 2004), p. 76. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Rt. Rev. Bertram N. Herlong (Tennessee) |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Rules of Order |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Rules of Order presented its Report #2 on Resolution B012 (Amend House of Bishops Rule XXIV) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(B012)
Resolved, That Rule XXIV (General Rules General Convention Constitution and Canons 2000, pg. 185) be amended as follows:
"Any Bishop of a Church in the Anglican Communion who is in exile from a Diocese, or is without membership in a House of Bishops because the Diocese is temporarily in an extra-provincial status, and who is resident in any jurisdiction in this Church, or any other Bishop of a Church in the Anglican Communion who has resigned his or her position in that Church, who has made his or her primary residence in any jurisdiction in this Church may be admitted to this House as a collegial member."
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #10)
Resolution Adopted by One House, July 30.
| Abstract: | The House of Bishops amends Rule XXIV with regard to the status of Bishops admitted as collegial members of the House. |
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