| Resolution Number: | 2018-A152 |
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| Title: | Amend Constitution Article III [Bishops Consecrated for Foreign Lands--First Reading] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That Article III of the Constitution is hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE III
Bishops may be consecrated for foreign lands upon due application therefrom, with the approbation of a majority of the Bishops of this Church entitled to vote in the House of Bishops, certified to the Presiding Bishop; under such conditions as may be prescribed by Canons of the General Convention. Bishops so consecrated shall not be eligible to the office of Diocesan or of Bishop Coadjutor of any Diocese in the United States or be entitled to vote in the House of Bishops, nor shall they perform any act of the episcopal office in any Diocese or Missionary Diocese of this Church, unless requested so to do by the Ecclesiastical Authority thereof. If a Bishop so consecrated shall be subsequently duly elected as a Bishop of a Missionary Diocese of this Church, such election shall then confer all the rights and privileges given in the
CanonCanons to such Bishops.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 358. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Task Force on the Episcopacy |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Constitution and Canons |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Constitution and Canons presented its Report #8 on Resolution A152 (Amend Article III of the Constitution) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A152)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Article III of the Constitution is hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE III
Bishops may be consecrated for foreign lands upon due application therefrom, with the approbation of a majority of the Bishops of this Church entitled to vote in the House of Bishops, certified to the Presiding Bishop; under such conditions as may be prescribed by Canons of the General Convention. Bishops so consecrated shall not be eligible to the office of Diocesan or of Bishop Coadjutor of any Diocese in the United States or be entitled to vote in the House of Bishops, nor shall they perform any act of the episcopal office in any Diocese or Missionary Diocese of this Church, unless requested so to do by the Ecclesiastical Authority thereof. If a Bishop so consecrated shall be subsequently duly elected as a Bishop of a Missionary Diocese of this Church, such election shall then confer all the rights and privileges given in the
CanonCanons to such Bishops.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #12)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Constitution and Canons presented its Report #13 on HB Message #12 on Resolution A152 (Amend Article III of the Constitution) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #131)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Report Reference: | Task Force on the Episcopacy, Reports to the 79th General Convention, 2018, pp. 698-770. |
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| Abstract: | The 79th General Convention amends Article III of the Constitution to correct word usage. |