| Resolution Number: | 2022-A150 |
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| Title: | Amend Constitution Article III [Bishops Consecrated for Foreign Lands--Second 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 Canon Canons to such Bishops.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), pp. 504-505. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Standing Commission on Structure, Governance, Constitution and Canons |
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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 #14 on Resolution A150 (Amend Constitution Article III [Bishops Consecrated for Foreign Lands--Second Reading]) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A150)
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 Canon Canons to such Bishops.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #79)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Constitution and Canons presented its Report #35 on HB Message #79 on Resolution A150 (Amend Constitution Article III [Bishops Consecrated for Foreign Lands--Second Reading]) and moved concurrence.
Ballot #1 - Vote by Orders
A Vote by Orders was taken on Resolution A150.
Ballot #1 taken by orders
Results of Ballot #1: Vote By Orders of Resolution A150
The President read the results of Ballot #1.
| Type | Total | Necessary | Yes | No | Divided | No+Divided | Result |
| Lay: | 107 | 54 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Clergy: | 106 | 54 | 102 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #272)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Abstract: | The 80th General Convention amends Article III of the Constitution to correct a typographical error. |
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