| Resolution Number: | 1982-B040 |
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| Title: | Authorize the Election for a Bishop Coadjutor of Panama |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That the Diocese of Panama be granted permission to elect a Bishop Coadjutor. This will allow for a smooth transition on the retirement of the present Diocesan and expresses the will of the Diocese. No date has been set for retirement, but all provision has been made for election in keeping with the general as well as the diocesan Canons.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, New Orleans, 1982 (New York: General Convention, 1983), p. C-170. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Consecration of Bishops |
House of Bishops
Original Text of Resolution:
(B040)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the Diocese of Panama be granted permission to elect a Bishop Coadjutor. This will allow for a smooth transition on the retirement of the present Diocesan and expresses the will of the Diocese. No date has been set for retirement, but all provision has been made for election in keeping with the general as well as the diocesan Canons.
Seconded by the Bishop of Albany.
Motion carried
(Communicated to House of Deputies in HB Message #138)
House of Deputies
On the ninth day, the Chairman of the Committee on Consecration of Bishops presented Report #3 and recommended that the House concur with Message #138 of the House of Bishops on Resolution B-40 (Bishop Coadjutor for Panama).
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #167)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 13.
| Abstract: | The 67th General Convention grants permission to the Diocese of Panama to elect a Bishop Coadjutor. |
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| Notes: | An election for bishop coadjutor was held on October 9, 1982 and postponed after eight ballots. On September 24, 1983, James Hamilton Ottley was elected Bishop of Panama. |