| Resolution Number: | 2022-A046 |
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| Title: | Refer a Resolution on Canon I.15.1 [Congregations in Foreign Lands] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Referred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention amend Canon I.15.1 to read as follows:
Canon I.15
Sec. 1. It shall be lawful, under the conditions hereinafter stated, to organize a Congregation in any foreign land and not within the jurisdiction of any Missionary Bishop of this Church nor within any Diocese, Province, or Regional Church of the Anglican Communion by action of the Anglican Consultative Council.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), pp. 251-252. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Standing Commission on Structure, Governance, Constitution and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Governance and Structure |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Governance and Structure presented its Report #1 on Resolution A046 (Amend Canon I.15.1 Concerning Certain Episcopal Church Congregations in Foreign Lands) and moved to refer the resolution to an interim body.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A046)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
That the 80th General Convention amend Canon I.15.1 to read as follows:
Canon I.15
Sec. 1. It shall be lawful, under the conditions hereinafter stated, to organize a Congregation in any foreign land and not within the jurisdiction of any Missionary Bishop of this Church nor within any Diocese, Province, or Regional Church of the Anglican Communion by action of the Anglican Consultative Council.
Motion carried
Resolution referred to an interim body
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #13)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Governance and Structure presented its Report #26 on HD Message #13 on Resolution A046 (Amend Canon I.15.1 Concerning Certain Episcopal Church Congregations in Foreign Lands) and moved concurrence with referral to an interim body.
Motion carried
The House concurred
Resolution referred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #178)
Resolution Referred to a Standing Commission by Both Houses.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Structure, Governance, Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 80th General Convention, 2022, pp. 408-432. |
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| Abstract: | The 80th General Convention refers to a Standing Commission a resolution amending Canon I.15.1 to require the approval of the Anglican Consultative Council when organizing a congregation outside of the jurisdiction of the Anglican Communion. |