| Resolution Number: | 2018-A169 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon III.12.9(l-m) [May Accept Pastoral Charge or Other Assignments] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That Sections 9(l) and 9(m) of Canon III.12.9 are hereby amended to read as follows:
(l) A resigned Bishop may,
with the approval of the Bishop of the Diocese in which the resigned Bishop resides,accept an appointment by a Bishop Diocesan to any position created under the authority of the Diocesan Convention, including that ofAssistantAssisting Bishop, and may, at the same time, occupy a pastoral charge; provided, however, that a resigned Bishop over the age of seventy-two may accept the appointment only for a term not to exceed twelve months, and this term may be renewed.(m) Assisting Bishops are those bishops whose primary roles are teaching, preaching or providing sacramental rites at the invitation of the Ecclesiastical Authority of the diocese where the Assisting Bishop has been invited to participate for particular times and places.
A resigned Bishop over the age of seventy-two may accept an appointment by a Bishop Diocesan for a term not to exceed twelve months, and this term may be renewed.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 703. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Task Force on the Episcopacy |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Churchwide Leadership |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Churchwide Leadership presented its Report #11 on Resolution A169 (Amend Canon III.12.9(l) and Canon III.12.9(m)) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A169)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Sections 9(l) and 9(m) of Canon III.12.9 are hereby amended to read as follows:
(l) A resigned Bishop may
, with the approval of the Bishop of the Diocese in which the resigned Bishop resides,accept an appointment by the Bishop Diocesan to any position created under the authority of the Diocesan Convention, including that of Assistant Bishopfor which an appointment is permitted and may, at the same time, occupy a pastoral charge.(m) A resigned Bishop over the age of seventy-two may accept an appointment by a Bishop Diocesan, including that of Supply Bishop, for a term not to exceed twelve months, and this term may be renewed.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Sections 9(l) and 9(m) of Canon III.12.9 are hereby amended to read as follows:
(l) A resigned Bishop may
, with the approval of the Bishop of the Diocese in which the resigned Bishop resides,accept an appointment by the Bishop Diocesan to any position created under the authority of the Diocesan Convention, including that of Assistant Bishopfor which an appointment is permitted and may, at the same time, occupy a pastoral charge.(m) A resigned Bishop over the age of seventy-two may accept an appointment by a Bishop Diocesan, including that of
SupplyAssisting Bishop, for a term not to exceed twelve months, and this term may be renewed.(n) Assisting Bishops are those bishops whose primary roles are teaching, preaching or providing sacramental rites at the invitation of the Ecclesiastical Authority of the diocese where the Assisting Bishop has been invited to participate for particular times and places.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #69)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Churchwide Leadership presented its Report #6 on HD Message #69 on Resolution A169 (Amend Canon III.12.9(l) and Canon III.12.9(m) ) and moved concurrence.
Proposed Amendment:
Delete the word "resigned" from paragraph 3.
Motion carried
Amendment adopted
Dispatch moved to postpone to a time certain.
Motion carried
Consideration postponed
House of Bishops
The House continued consideration of resolution A169.
Proposed Amendment:
The Rt. Rev. Michael Smith, Bishop of North Dakota, moved to remove "resigned" from the second paragraph.
Postponing Consideration
Due to a Point of Order noting a formatting anomaly, the Parliamentarian moved to postpone consideration of Resolution A169.
Motion carried
Consideration postponed
House of Bishops
The House continued consideration of resolution A169.
Proposed Amendment
The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe, Bishop of Northwest Pennsylvania, moved to amend the resolution.
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That Sections 9(l) and 9(m) of Canon III.12.9 are hereby amended to read as follows:
(l) A resigned Bishop may,
with the approval of the Bishop of the Diocese in which the resigned Bishop resides, acceptany positionan appointment by a Bishop Diocesan to any position created under the authority of the Diocesan Convention, including that ofAssistantAssisting Bishop, and may, at the same time, occupy a pastoral charge; provided, however, that a resigned Bishop over the age of seventy-two may accept the appointment only for a term not to exceed twelve months, and this term may be renewed.(m) Assisting Bishops are those bishops whose primary roles are teaching, preaching or providing sacramental rites at the invitation of the Ecclesiastical Authority of the diocese where the Assisting Bishop has been invited to participate for particular times and places.
A resigned Bishop over the age of seventy-two may accept an appointment by a Bishop Diocesan for a term not to exceed twelve months, and this term may be renewed.
(n)Assisting Bishops are those bishopswhose primary roles are teaching, preaching or providing sacramental rites at the invitation of the Ecclesiastical Authority of the diocese where the Assisting Bishop has been invited to participate for particular times and places.
Motion carried
Amendment adopted
A vote was taken on Resolution A169 as amended.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #195)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Churchwide Leadership presented its Report #34 on HB Message #195 on Resolution A169 (Amend Canon III.12.9(l) and Canon III.12.9(m)) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #433)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 13.
| 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 Canons III.12.9(l)-(m) to refine the role and requirements for an Assisting Bishop. |