The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That Canons I.9, I.11, III.3, III.8, III.16, III.22, III.23, III.24, III.26, III. 27, and III.28 are hereby amended to read as follows:

CANON I.9.

Sec. 5. Every Bishop Diocesan of this Church, having jurisdiction within the Province, every Bishop Coadjutor, Suffragan Bishop Suffragan, and Assistant Bishop, and every Bishop whose episcopal work has been within the Province, but who by reason of advanced age or bodily infirmity has resigned, shall have a seat and vote in the House of Bishops of the Province.

CANON I.11.

Sec. 3(e). The election of the Bishop of a Missionary Diocese, in the event of a vacancy, or, when canonical consent is given, the election of a person to be Bishop Coadjutor or Suffragan Bishop Suffragan, shall be made by a Diocesan Convention in accordance with its own Canons, and the provisions of Canons III.22 and III.23 of the General Convention.

CANON III.3.

Sec. 1(b). The Presiding Bishop or the Suffragan Bishop Suffragan for the Armed Forces may license a member of the Armed Forces to exercise one or more of these ministries in the Armed Forces in accordance with the provisions of this Canon.

CANON III.8.

Sec. 3(a). For the purpose of this and other Canons of Ordination, the canonical authority assigned to the Bishop of the Diocese as the Ordinary may be exercised by a Bishop Coadjutor, when so empowered under Canon III. 22.2(a), 25.1(c), or by a Suffragan Bishop Suffragan when requested by the Bishop of a Diocese, or by any other Bishop of the Anglican Communion canonically in charge of a Diocese, at the request of the ordinand's Bishop.

CANON III.16.

Sec. 4(a). Any Member of the Clergy desiring to serve as a Chaplain in the Armed Forces of the United States of America or as Chaplain for the Veterans' Administration, or Federal Correctional Institutions, with the approval of the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Diocese in which canonically resident, may be given ecclesiastical endorsement for such service by the Office of the Suffragan Bishop Suffragan for the Armed Forces of the Executive Council of the Church.

Sec. 4(b). Any Member of the Clergy serving on active duty with the Armed Forces shall retain the Member of the Clergy's canonical residence and shall be under the ecclesiastical supervision of the Bishop of the Diocese of which the Member of the Clergy is canonically resident, even though the Member of the Clergy's work as a Chaplain shall be under the general supervision of the Office of the Suffragan Bishop Suffragan for the Armed Forces, or such other Bishop as the Presiding Bishop may designate.

CANON III.22.

Sec. 1(a). The election of a person to be a Bishop in a Diocese shall be held in accordance with rules prescribed by the Convention of the Diocese and pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution and Canons of this Church. With respect to the election of a Bishop Suffragan, the Diocese shall establish a nominating process either by Canon or by the adoption of rules and procedure for the election of the Bishop Suffragan at a regular or special Diocesan Convention with sufficient time preceding the election of the Bishop Suffragan.

(e). The Secretary of the Convention electing a Bishop Diocesan, Bishop Coadjutor, or Suffragan Bishop Suffragan, shall inform the Presiding Bishop promptly of the name of the person elected. It shall be the duty of the Bishop-elect to notify the Presiding Bishop of his acceptance or declination of the election, at the same time as the Bishop-elect notifies the electing Diocese.

Sec. 3(d). If a majority of the Bishops of this Church exercising jurisdiction or delegated oversight, consent to the ordination, the Presiding Bishop shall, without delay, notify the Standing Committee of the Diocese electing and the Bishop-elect of the consent.

Sec. 4(a). [Second sentence] If a majority of the Standing Committees of all the Dioceses consents to the ordination of the Bishop-elect, the Standing Committee of the Diocese electing shall then forward the evidence of the consent, with the other necessary documents described in Sec. 3(a) and (b) of the Canon, to the Presiding Bishop, who shall immediately communicate them to every Bishop of this Church exercising jurisdiction or delegated oversight. [Remainder of sub-section (a) is unchanged.]

Sec. 6. In case a majority of all the Standing Committees of the Dioceses do not consent to the ordination of the Bishop-elect within four months from the date of the notification of the election by the Standing Committee of the Diocese electing, or in case a majority of all the Bishops exercising jurisdiction or delegated oversight do not consent within four months from the date of notification to them by the Presiding Bishop of the election, the Presiding Bishop shall declare the election null and void and shall give notice to the Standing Committee of the Diocese electing and to the Bishop-elect. The Convention of the Diocese may then proceed to a new election.

Sec. 9(a). Within ten days after the election of a Bishop Diocesan, a Bishop Coadjutor, or a Suffragan Bishop Suffragan by a Diocesan Convention, delegates constituting no less than 10% of the number of delegates casting votes on the final ballot may file with the Secretary of the Convention written objections to the election process, setting forth in detail all alleged irregularities. Within ten days after receipt thereof, the Secretary of the Convention shall forward copies of the same to the Bishop Diocesan, the Chancellor and Standing Committee of the Diocese, and to the Presiding Bishop, who shall request the Court of Review of the Province in which the Diocese is located to investigate the complaint. The Court of Review may invite response by the Bishop Diocesan, the Chancellor, the Standing Committee and any other persons within the electing Diocese. Within thirty days after receipt of the request, the Court of Review shall send a written report of its findings to the Presiding Bishop, a copy of which report the Presiding Bishop, within fifteen days, shall cause to be sent to the Bishop Diocesan, the Chancellor, the Standing Committee and the Secretary of the Convention of the electing Diocese.

CANON III.23.

Sec. 5. Any Bishop or Bishops elected and consecrated under this Canon shall be entitled to a seat and vote in the House of Bishops, and shall be eligible to the office of Bishop or Bishop Coadjutor or Suffragan Bishop Suffragan in any organized Diocese within the United States; Provided, that such Bishop shall not be so eligible within five years from the date of his consecration, except to the office of Bishop of a Diocese formed in whole or in part out of such Missionary Diocese.

Sec. 6(a). When a Diocese, entitled to the choice of a Bishop, shall elect as its Bishop Diocesan, or as its Bishop Coadjutor, or as a Suffragan Bishop Suffragan, a Missionary Bishop of this Church, if such election shall have taken place within three months before a meeting of the General Convention, evidence thereof shall be laid before each House of the General Convention, and the concurrence of each House, and its express consent, shall be necessary to the validity of said election, and shall complete the same; so that the Bishop thus elected shall be thereafter the Bishop of the Diocese which has elected him such Bishop .

CANON III.24.

Sec. 3(b). The Diocesan Bishop Diocesan shall not be absent from the Diocese for a period of more than three consecutive months without the consent of the Convention or the Standing Committee of the Diocese.

(c). A Diocesan Bishop Diocesan, whenever leaving the Diocese for six consecutive months, shall authorize in writing, under hand and seal, the Bishop Coadjutor, the Suffragan Bishop Suffragan if the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese so provide, or, should there be none, the Standing Committee of the Diocese, to act as the Ecclesiastical Authority thereof during the absence. The Bishop Coadjutor, or the Suffragan Bishop Suffragan if the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese so provide, or, should there be none, the Standing Committee may at any time become the Ecclesiastical Authority upon the written request of the Bishop and continue to act as such until the request is revoked by the Bishop Diocesan in writing.

CANON III.26.

Of Suffragan Bishops Suffragan

Sec. 1 (a). With the consent of the Diocesan Bishop Diocesan, a Suffragan Bishop Suffragan shall be elected in accordance with Canon III.22.1.

(b). Before the election of a Suffragan Bishop Suffragan in a Diocese, the consent of the General Convention or, if General Convention is not in session, the consent of a majority of the Bishops exercising jurisdiction or delegated oversight and of the several Standing Committees must be obtained.

Sec. 2 (a) . The Suffragan Bishop Suffragan shall act as an assistant to and under the direction of the Diocesan Bishop Diocesan .

(b) . Before the election of a Bishop Suffragan in a Diocese, the Bishop Diocesan shall submit a description of the role and the duties of the Bishop Suffragan to the Convention of the Diocese.

Sec. 3. The tenure of office of a Suffragan Bishop Suffragan shall not be determined by the tenure of office of the Diocesan Bishop Diocesan .

Sec. 4. No Suffragan Bishop Suffragan, while acting as such, shall be Rector or Member of the Clergy in charge of a Parish or Congregation.

CANON III.27.

Sec. 2. An Assistant Bishop may be appointed from among the following:

(a) Diocesan Bishops Diocesan, Coadjutor Bishops Coadjutor, or Suffragan Bishops Suffragan, who under the Constitution and Canons of this Church would be eligible for election in that Diocese, Provided, that at the time of accepting any such appointment a Diocesan Bishop Diocesan, Bishop Coadjutor or Suffragan Bishop Suffragan shall resign that office;

CANON III.28.

Sec. 1. When it is certified to the Presiding Bishop, by at least two licensed medical doctors, psychologists or psychiatrists, who have examined the case, that a Diocesan Bishop Diocesan is incapable of authorizing the Bishop Coadjutor, if there is one, or a Suffragan Bishop Suffragan, if there is one, or the Standing Committee to act as the Ecclesiastical Authority, then, upon the advice of five Bishops of neighboring Dioceses selected by the Presiding Bishop, the Presiding Bishop shall declare the Bishop Coadjutor or a Suffragan Bishop Suffragan, if the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese so provide, or the Standing Committee to be the Ecclesiastical Authority for all purposes set forth in these Canons and to retain such canonical authority until the Presiding Bishop, acting on a like certificate, declares the said Diocesan Bishop Diocesan competent to resume official duties.