| Resolution Number: | 2000-A087 | |
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| Title: | Amend Constitution Article II.1 [Election of Bishops--First Reading] | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That Article II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the General Convention be amended to read:
In every Diocese the Bishop or the Bishop Coadjutor shall be chosen agreeably to rules prescribed by the Convention of that Diocese, provided that the retirement date of the Bishop Diocesan shall not be more than thirty-six months after the consecration of the Bishop Coadjutor. Bishops of Missionary Dioceses shall be chosen in accordance with the Canons of the General Convention; and be it further
Resolved, That this resolution be sent within six months to the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese to be made known to the Diocesan Convention at its next meeting.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 609. |
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