| Resolution Number: | 1979-A025 |
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| Title: | Amend Canons III.9, 14, 16 as follows: Canon III.9.4 [Provisions Respecting Ordination] Canon III.14.2 [Of Bishops Coadjutor] Canon III.16.7 [Of Suffragan Bishops] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the Canons be amended as hereinafter provided, to wit:
- That Title III, Canon 9, Sec. 4 (c) be amended to read as follows:
In the case of a vacancy in the episcopate in a Diocese
or Missionary Diocese,the Ecclesiastical Authority may authorize and request the President of Province, or another Bishop, to take order for an ordination. - That the first sentence of Title III, Canon 14, Sec. 2(a) be amended to read as follows:
When a Bishop of a Diocese is unable, by reason of age, or other permanent cause of infirmity, or, except in a Missionary Diocese , by reason of the extent of Diocesan work, fully to discharge the duties of his office, a Bishop Coadjutor may be elected by and for said Diocese.... (The rest of the sentence to remain unchanged).
- That Title III, Canon 16, Sec. 7(a) be amended by deleting the words "or Bishop of a Missionary Diocese" and the words "or Bishop of a Missionary Diocese as the case may be".
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 1979 (New York: General Convention, 1980), p. C-23. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Joint Commission on Constitution and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Structure |
House of Deputies
On the eighth day, the Committee on Structure presented its Report #20 on Resolution A-25, and recommended adoption without amendment:
Original Text of Resolution:
(A025)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the Canons be amended as hereinafter provided, to wit:
- That Title III, Canon 9, Sec. 4 (c) be amended to read as follows:
In the case of a vacancy in the episcopate in a Diocese
or Missionary Diocese,the Ecclesiastical Authority may authorize and request the President of Province, or another Bishop, to take order for an ordination. - That the first sentence of Title III, Canon 14, Sec. 2(a) be amended to read as follows:
When a Bishop of a Diocese is unable, by reason of age, or other permanent cause of infirmity, or, except in a Missionary Diocese, by reason of the extent of Diocesan work, fully to discharge the duties of his office, a Bishop Coadjutor may be elected by and for said Diocese.... (The rest of the sentence to remain unchanged).
- That Title III, Canon 16, Sec. 7(a) be amended by deleting the words "or Bishop of a Missionary Diocese" and the words "or Bishop of a Missionary Diocese as the case may be".
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #124)
House of Bishops
On the ninth day, HD Message #124 on Resolution A-25 (Change"Missionary Diocese" to read "Diocese") was received.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #176)
| Report Reference: | Joint Commission on Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 66th General Convention, 1979, pp. AA-7-AA-27. |
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| Abstract: | The 66th General Convention amends Canon III.9.4, Title III.14.2, and III.16.7 to provide for the election of a bishop or a coadjutor when a vacancy or other incapacity occurs. |