Resolution Number: | 2018-A150 | |
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Title: | Amend Constitution Article I.2 [House of Bishops--First Reading] | |
Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended | |
Final Text: |
Resolved, That Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution is hereby amended to read as follows:
Article I
Sec. 2. Each Bishop of this Church having jurisdiction, every Bishop Coadjutor, every Bishop Suffragan
Bishop, every Assistant Bishop, and every Bishop who by reason of advanced age or bodily infirmity, or who, under an election to an office created by the General Convention, or for reasons of mission strategy determined by action of the General Convention or the House of Bishops, has resigned a jurisdiction, shall have a seat and a vote in the House of Bishops. A majority of all Bishops entitled to vote, exclusive of Bishops who have resigned their jurisdiction or positions, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 366. |
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