| Resolution Number: | 1988-B031 | |
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| Title: | Ratify the Division of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Philippines | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the 69th General Convention ratify the division of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Philippines to form a new diocese which until it adopts an official name shall be referred to as the Diocese of Baguio and the continuing diocese to be known as the Episcopal Diocese of Central Philippines until it adopts an appropriate name; and be it further
Resolved, That the geographical boundaries of the two dioceses resulting from the division shall be as follows:
a. the continuing Episcopal Diocese of Central Philippines shall cover Metro Manila and the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, Batangas, Cavite, Nueva Ecija, Oriental Mindoro and other provinces in which it may intend to expand its mission work but not those provinces in which work is being done by another Episcopal diocese;
b. the new Diocese of Baguio shall cover Metro Baguio and the provinces of Benguet, La Union, Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya, Tarlac, Zambales, Pampanga, and other provinces in which there is no work by another Episcopal diocese.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 618. |
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