Memorandum Re: Attached Release on House of Bishops Meeting
Diocesan Press Service. September 29, 1975 [75329]
This packet of material is a report on the Episcopal Church's 1975 House of Bishops meeting in Portland, Maine, September 19 -26. In attendance were 148 of the 222 voting members of the House (9 resigned bishops have no vote).
The enclosed release # 75330 is a rather full account of the actions of the House during its week-long meeting. Editors of publications will need to be selective in the use of the material. Two photographs are enclosed for the Diocesan Press Service only.
The following partial index of items considered at the meeting may be helpful :
Absalom Jones Theological Institute: 11
Alcoholism (Address by Vernon Johnson) : 14
Amnesty, General: 11; Resolution, Attachment G, 29
Bailey, Bishop Scott Field, consent to election: 10
Barrett, Bishop George W., action "decried" : 1 ff.; Resolution, Attachment A, 16
Canons, Committee on: 11; Judicial system, 13; Seat for Bishop Mosley, 14
Canterbury, Archbishop of, to attend General Convention: 13
Censure of three Bishops: 2 ff.; Resolution, Attachment A, 16
Church Pension Fund report: 14
Coadjutor Bishops become Diocesans : 10
Clergy Deployment Office report: 14
Consecration of Bishops: 10
Consultation on Church Union: 13
Corrigan, Bishop Daniel N., censured: 1 ff.; Resolution, Attachment A, 16
Cuttington College, development campaign: 15
Development Office report : 15
DeWitt, Bishop Robert L., censured: 1 ff.; Resolution, Attachment A, 16
Education Committee report: 13
Episcopal Church Foundation report: 14
Evangelism. Committee report: 13
Files, Bishops' on clergy, to Archives: 15
General Convention 1976 plans: 13
General Ordination Examinations: 14
Gun, Hand, Legislation on: 12; Resolution, Attachment G, 30
Homophiles: 11; Resolution, Attachment E, 27
Hospitality of Diocese of Maine: 15
Hunger, World, presentation: 8-9
Interim Meetings of House of Bishops : 15
Israel and United Nations: 11; Resolution, Attachment G, 29
Lambeth Conference 1978: 13
Liberia: 14, 15
Lockwood, Margaret, resignation of: 13
Memorials to deceased Bishops: 10
Ministry Council report: 13
Mutual Recognition of Members, COCU: 13
Namibia: 12; Resolution, Attachment G, 30
Ordination of Women to Priesthood and Episcopate: 1 ff.; Attachments A, 16;
B, 17; C, 18-22; and D, 23-26
Overseas presentation: 14
Pastoral Development: 11
Pastoral Statement on Prayer Book: 8; Resolution, Attachment H, 31
Prayer Book Revision: 1 ff.; 7-8; Pastoral Statement, Attachment H, 31
Resignations of Bishops: 10
Resigned Bishops, study of status : 13
Resolutions and Reports, Texts of:
A - Censure, 16
B - Minnesota General Convention 1976, Women: 17
C - Theology Committee Report: 18-22
D - Theology Committee on Welles Resolution: 23-26
E - Homophiles : 27
F - Urban Crisis: 28
G - General Amnesty: 29
Israel and United Nations: 29
Bishop Wood and Namibia: 30
Hand Gun Legislation: 30
H - Pastoral Statement on Prayer Book: 31
Retirements of Bishops: 10
Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann, Canonization of: 12
Sherman, Bishop Jonathan G., re-elected vice president of House: 10
Theological Education Report: 9-10
Urban Crisis, New York City: 12; Resolution, Attachment F, 28
Varley, Bishop Robert P., Resignation: 11
Welles, Bishop Edward R., censured: 1 ff.; Resolution, Attachment A, 16;
Resolution offered by, with response by Theology Committee, 23-26
Willibrands, Jan Cardinal: 12
Wood, Bishop Richard: 12