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July 8-July 17, 2009 Anaheim, California: LXXVII July 5-July 12, 2012 ... Bob N. Wallace, The General Convention of the Episcopal Church (New York: Seabury Press, 1976)
In 2009, the General Convention authorized a new calendar for trial use, called Holy Women, Holy Men. [28] The book had more than 100 additional commemorations to honor a variety of historical persons such as poet Christina Rossetti , astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus , and the Dorchester Chaplains . [ 29 ]
After the 76th General Convention of the Episcopal Church passed resolutions DO25 (opening "any ordained ministry" to individuals in same-sex relationships) and CO56 (concerning the blessing of same-sex relationships), the diocese responded by holding a special convention on October 24, 2009. [24] The convention passed a resolution authorizing ...
Charles Wallis Ohl Jr. (born October 21, 1943) [1] is an American bishop who was the Provisional Bishop of Fort Worth in The Episcopal Church.Jack Iker had been the Bishop of Fort Worth in the Episcopal Church until a super-majority of the diocese voted to dissolve its union with the General Convention at the 2007 and 2008 diocesan conventions.
Following the 2008 diocesan convention, the Episcopal Diocese and the Episcopal Church joined in that legal action. On October 5, 2009, the Court of Common Pleas ruled that the diocese in communion with the Episcopal Church is the legal successor, [ 14 ] and on October 29, the rival diocese announced it had changed its name to the Anglican ...
Rev. Michael Curry, presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church surrounded by people on stage at the Episcopal Revival at the 81st General Convention on June 23, 2024
For example, in Spanish, the church is called Iglesia Episcopal Protestante de los Estados Unidos de América or Iglesia Episcopal, [28] and in French Église protestante épiscopale des États-Unis d'Amérique or Église épiscopale. [29] Until 1964, "The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America" was the only official name ...
The General Convention is the primary governing and legislative body of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.With the exception of the Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Constitution and Canons, it is the ultimate authority in the Episcopal Church, being the bureaucratic facility through which the collegial function of the episcopate is exercised.