Resolution Number: | 2012-A156 |
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Title: | Amend Constitution Article I.4 [House of Deputies--Second Reading] |
Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
Final Text: |
Resolved, That lines 3 and 4 and 11 of Article I.4 of the Constitution (page 2) be amended to change the name of the "Convocation of the American Churches in Europe" to "Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe" as follows:
Sec. 4. The Church in each Diocese which has been admitted
to union with the General Convention, each area Mission established as provided
by Article VI, and the Convocation of the
AmericanEpiscopal Churches in Europe, shall be
entitled to representation in the House of Deputies by not more than four
ordained persons, Presbyters or Deacons, canonically resident in the Diocese
and not more than four Lay Persons, confirmed adult communicants of this
Church, in good standing in the Diocese but not necessarily domiciled in the
Diocese; but the General Convention by Canon may reduce the representation to
not fewer than two Deputies in each order. Each Diocese, and the Convocation of
the AmericanEpiscopal Churches in
Europe, shall prescribe the manner in which its Deputies shall be
chosen.
Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 2012 (New York: General Convention, 2012), pp. 712-713. |
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Legislative History
Author: | Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons |
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Originating House: | House of Bishops |
Originating Committee: | Constitution |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Constitution presented its Report #1 on Resolution A156 (Amend Constitution Article I.4 [Second Reading]) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution
(A156)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That lines 3 and 4 and 11 of Article I.4 of the Constitution (page 2) be amended to change the name of the "Convocation of the American Churches in Europe" to "Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe" as follows:
Sec. 4. The Church in each Diocese which has been admitted to union
with the General Convention, each area Mission established as provided by
Article VI, and the Convocation of the American Episcopal
Churches in Europe, shall be entitled to representation in the House of
Deputies by not more than four ordained persons, Presbyters or Deacons,
canonically resident in the Diocese and not more than four Lay Persons,
confirmed adult communicants of this Church, in good standing in the Diocese
but not necessarily domiciled in the Diocese; but the General Convention by
Canon may reduce the representation to not fewer than two Deputies in each
order. Each Diocese, and the Convocation of the AmericanEpiscopal Churches in Europe, shall prescribe the manner in which its
Deputies shall be chosen.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message # 3)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Constitution presented its Report #2 on HB Message #3 on Resolution A156 (Amend Constitution Article I.4 [Second Reading]) and moved concurrence.
A Vote By Orders was taken.
House of Deputies
Results of Vote By Orders on Resolution A156
Type | Total | Necessary | Yes | No | Divided | No+Divided | Result |
Lay: | 110 | 56 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carried |
Clergy | 111 | 56 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carried |
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #343)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 12.
Abstract: | The 77th General Convention amends Article I.4 of the Constitution by changing the name of the “Convocation of the American Churches in Europe” to “Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe.” |
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