The Diocese of Milwaukee held its fall convention Oct. 14 at Marquette University, and established a diocesan body its bishop, the Rt. Rev. Roger White, said he hopes will never have to be used. In accordance with a national church canon, an ecclesiastical court was formed to begin early in 1996. Five members were elected to the court, representing deacons, priests and laity, men and women.

A resolution requesting the resignation of Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning, in the wake of the Ellen Cooke embezzlement matter, did not achieve the two-thirds majority vote which would have placed it on the table.

An ecumenical resolution was approved which encouraged participation in the Wisconsin meeting on the Concordat between the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and in the covenant relationships with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese and the Milwaukee Synod of the ELCA.

A budget of $1.36 million was approved.