| Resolution Number: | 2003-A039 | |
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| Title: | Amend Constitution Article II.2 [Election of Bishops--First Reading] | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the second sentence of Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution be amended to read as follows:
Section 2. No one shall be ordained and consecrated Bishop until the
attainment of thirty years of age; nor without the consent of a majority of the
Standing Committees of all the Dioceses, and the consent of a majority of the
Bishops of this Church exercising jurisdiction. But if the election shall have
taken place within three months next 120 days before
the meeting of General Convention, the consent of the House of Deputies shall
be required in place of that of a majority of the Standing Committees. No one
shall be ordained and consecrated Bishop by fewer than three Bishops.
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, Minneapolis, 2003 (New York: General Convention, 2004), p. 430f. |
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