A064 (Amend Canon I.1.6.d Capturing Clergy Records)

House of Deputies Message #315

The House of Deputies informs the House of Bishops that on Jun 28, 2024 it considered resolution A064 (Amend Canon I.1.6.d Capturing Clergy Records). The house acted to:

Concur


Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,

That the 81st General Convention amend Canon I.1.6.d to read as follows:

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d. The Recorder shall prepare and present to each session of the General Convention a list of all Priests and Deacons ordained, received, transferred out, released and removed, returned, suspended, deposed, or restored; of all Bishops ordained, received, released and removed, returned, suspended, deposed, or restored; and of all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons who have died; such list to cover the period from the last preceding similar report of the Recorder through the thirty-first day of December immediately preceding each session of the General Convention.

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d. The Recorder shall prepare and present to each session of the General Convention a list of all Clergy Priests and Deacons ordained, received, suspended, transferred out, released and removed, returned, suspended, deposed, or restored; , and of all Bishops consecrated, ordained, received, released and removed, returned, suspended, deposed, or restored; and of all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons and other Clergy who have died; such list to cover the period from the last preceding similar report of the Recorder through the thirty-first day of December immediately preceding each session of the General Convention.

 

And be it further.

Resolved, that Canon III.1.3 be amended as follows:

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Sec. 3. The provisions of these Canons for the admission of Candidates for the ordination to the three Orders: Bishops, Priests and Deacons shall be equally applicable to all persons in the process.

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Sec. 3. The provisions of these Canons for the admission of Candidates for the ordination to the three Orders: Bishops, Priests and Deacons shall be equally applicable to men and women to all persons in the process.