A158 Amend Canon III.11.3(a)(1)
Resolved, the House of ________________ concurring,
That Canon III.11.3(a)(1) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3 (a) The Standing Committee of the Diocese for which the Bishop has been elected shall by its President, or by some person or persons specially appointed, immediately send to the Presiding Bishop and to the Standing Committees of the several Dioceses a certificate of the election by the Secretary of Convention of the Diocese, bearing a statement of receipt of:
(1) evidence of the Bishop-elect’s having been duly ordered Deacon and Priest, and if a Priest, is a Priest in good standing of this Church;
Explanation
The amendment clarifies that one of the qualifications for being elected a bishop of a diocese under this section that if the person elected is a priest (i.e., not previously elected a bishop), then he or she must be a priest in good standing of this Church.