As the Father has sent the Son into the world, even so has the Son sent His Apostles into the world (John 17: 18) and given them the Father's glory (John 17: 22), an as the Risen Christ breathed forth His Holy Spirit upon the Twelve (John 20: 22), thereby both giving them His peace and ordaining and confirming His consecration of them, saying unto them, "As My Father hath sent Me, even so send I you" (John 20: 21), and to them all in the Person of St. Peter, "Feed My lambs" (John 21: 15) and "Feed My sheep" (John 21: 16 & 17), thus enduing them with His own "power from on high" (Luke 24: 49) to preach "repentance and remission of sins in His Name among all nations" (Luke 24: 47) and to be "witnesses of these things" (Luke 24: 48); even so are the accustomed inherent rights, just authority, and lawful powers of the Apostolic and Catholic Episcopate both collegially and individually derived only from Christ's Constitution, whence alone comes their "divine and sublime power of governing the Church," deriving their accustomed inherent rights, just authority, and lawful powers both collegially and individually through that rock which is St. Peter's confession, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16: 16), and from Christ's subsequent bestowal of "the keys of the kingdom of heaven" upon him (Matthew 16: 18) and the other Apostles equally (Matthew 18: 18), that "thence, through the changes of times and successions, the ordering of Bishops and the plan of the church flows onward, so that the Church is founded upon the Bishops," as a "divine law," by which all are "subject to the Bishop as to Jesus Christ" and without him should do nothing, always "saving the dignity due to the Metropolitanate." and provided that he acts "with the consent of all," or the majority, of his Apostolic comprovincials acting collegially, whereby "the Church is established in the Bishop and the Clergy, and all who stand" in the orthodox Faith, as the Fathers have with one voice ever taught and the Anglican Churches affirmed, maintaining both that "The episcopate is one, each part of which is held by each Bishop for the whole," and that the Bishops, collectively and severally, hold their commission from Christ to govern His Church, and not from human institution or laws.
No Constitution, Canon, or other Act or provision shall or may be made by this Church or any synod or other body thereof which purports to alter that divine Constitution, or to restrict the usual and lawful Episcopal Authority beyond the limits of traditional Anglican Canon Law previously existing in any place or places concerned, but is in its nature ultra vires. void, and of no effect ab initio.
No Constitution, Canon, or other Act or provision of this Church or any Synod or other body or person thereof can or may create any lawful Episcopal Authority, as it were ex nihilo, but can or may only regulate and guide that which exists by God's creation, will, and motion, as aforesaid.
The Procedure prescribed in Article IV, Section 2 of the Constitution of this Church shall be used as herein described.
The President of that Provincial Synod shall, after its organization, call the Synod into a joint session thereof.
(a) The Lay Delegates of each Diocese or other such jurisdiction shall advance the names of those, if any, so advanced by the various Vestries in that Diocese or jurisdiction.
(b) The Clerical Delegates of each Diocese or other such jurisdiction shall advance the names of those men, if any, so advanced by the majority of the Clergy of that Diocese or jurisdiction.
(c) Further names may be advanced from the floor of that joint session by Members of either the Assembly of the Laity or the Senate of the Clergy or by Members of the Council of Bishops of that Provincial synod.
(a) The synod shall then formally vote to go into a Committee of the Whole for the examination and scrutiny as to the fitness of the several nominees to be Candidates for the Office of Bishop.
(b) The Period of time allowed for this purpose shall be determined and announced by the President of the Synod in advance and shall not exceed three hours except for good cause.
(c) The President may remain in the Chair in this instance during the period for which the joint session of that Provincial Synod is in Committee of the Whole.
(a) Upon completion of such examination and scrutiny as to the fitness of the several nominees to be Candidates for the Office of Bishop, the entire Synod shall either repair in silence to the Church, if there be one, or silently remain where they are in order to make their common supplication to God and the solemn invocation of the Holy Spirit upon the Synod for guidance and assistance in whom that synod shall choose as Candidates, if any, for the Office of Bishop before proceeding to any balloting. The aforesaid prayers shall be led by the President of that Synod.
(b) The Common supplication of the whole Synod having been completed, the Synod shall, as quietly as possible, then proceed to the casting of the prescribed secret ballots by orders, the lower order first. Each elector shall write on his blank ballot only the names of those nominees that he believes called by God and to be fit Candidates for the Office of Bishop.
(c) During the counting of ballots, the Synod shall be engaged in prayer, meditation, or the singing of suitable hymns.
(d) Upon the completion of balloting, the President of the Synod shall announce only the names of those nominees receiving a two-thirds majority or more in each of the three orders.
Any nominee who received no less than a two-thirds majority cast in each of the three orders of that Synod on any round of balloting therein shall be elected a Candidate for the Office of Bishop in that Province. Such Candidates shall be named by the President to such Synod at the conclusion of that joint session.
Each Candidate so elected shall be certified by the President, the Prolocutor of the Senate of Clergy, and the Speaker of Assembly of Laity of that Provincial Synod. An Official List of such certified Candidates shall be sent to each Diocese, Missionary Diocese, Missionary District, or other such jurisdiction within or subject to the authority of that Province.
Upon the voidance of any See within a Province, the Guardians of the Spiritualities of that Diocese or other such jurisdiction are to certify such vacancy of the See concerned to the Metropolitan of that Province, petitioning and requesting of him that they may he allowed to proceed to a new election to that vacant Bishopric. Upon the receipt of such Certificate and Petition, the Metropolitan of that Province, or the College of Bishops of that Province in the absence of that Metropolitan, shall issue forthwith his License and Writ of Election to the Guardians of the Spiritualities of that aforesaid Diocese or other such jurisdiction, authorizing them to issue their Writ of Summons to the Diocesan Electors or Electors of that other such jurisdiction for the holding of an Election Synod therein to fill the aforesaid vacancy.
Such Election shall be as prescribed in the Constitution of this Church, the Canons of the province concerned, and the Canons or regulations of that Diocese or other such jurisdiction.
(a) Upon due certification by the Guardians of the Spiritualities of such jurisdiction as aforesaid in Section 3.01 above of this Canon to the Metropolitan of that Province concerned of the return of such election, the Metropolitan, having determined that due compliance with all constitutional and canonical requirements or consents necessary, or both, otherwise applicable, as the case may be, for such election have been obtained, is required to examine such Bishop Elect and, upon finding that no constitutional or canonical impediment exists on account of which the said Bishop Elect ought not be ordained and consecrated a Bishop or the election to an Episcopal Office ought not be confirmed of one already a Bishop, canonically to confirm such said election..
Such canonical confirmation by the Metropolitan gives to each such election its canonical completeness.
(b) In cases where
(1) Any necessary constitutional or canonical requirement or consent applicable, as the case may be, has failed to obtain within the period of three months from the date of notification by the Metropolitan of that Province concerned Do such election to any that be required to act or consent, or
(2) The Metropolitan of that Province concerned has found, upon examination, that a prescribed constitutional or canonical impediment to exist on account of which such election ought not be confirmed, and such canonical objection is sustained by a majority of his College of Bishops, or
(3) The Bishop Elect, of his own volition, Os not ordained and consecrated Bishop, or has not taken possession of his Episcopal Office if already a Bishop, within the period of three months of his canonical confirmation by the Metropolitan of that Province concerned, or without some good and sufficient cause of necessity requiring the term of delay to be prolonged, the Metropolitan of that Province concerned shall declare such election null and void, and the Election Synod of that Diocese or other such jurisdiction concerned may then proceed to a new election.
(a) Of Dioceses and Missionary Dioceses.
The election of Co-adjutor Bishops of Dioceses and Missionary Dioceses of this Church shall be conducted in the following manner:
(1) The Bishop Ordinary of a Diocese or Missionary Diocese shall signify in writing to his Council of Advice that he is desirous of having the assistance of a Co-adjutor Bishop because he is unable fully to discharge the duties of his Office by reason of the following:
(a) his age, or other permanent cause of infirmity or incapacity,
(b) the territorial extent of that Diocese or Missionary Diocese, or
(c) the territorial extent of that Diocese or Missionary Diocese is of such large expanse as to prevent effective Episcopal pastoral care and oversight.
Said Council of Advice shall give notice of such request with the reasons therefor at the next session of the Synod of that Diocese or Missionary Diocese.
(2) If the aforesaid Synod concurs in the request of said Bishop, the Bishop and his Council of Advice shall forward their Petition and Request with the reasons therefor stated, and with certification of the concurrence of the said Synod, to the Metropolitan and College of Bishops of that Province concerned for their determination as to whether said aforementioned Diocese or Missionary Diocese shall be allowed to proceed to the election of a Co-adjutor Bishop.
(3) Upon the consent of the Metropolitan of that Province, by and with the advice and consent of his College of Bishops, or the College of Bishops of that Province in the absence of said Metropolitan, having been given, such Metropolitan, or such College of Bishops in the absence of said Metropolitan, shall issue his or their, as the case may be, License and Writ of Election to the Bishop Ordinary and his Council of Advice of that Diocese or Missionary Diocese, authorizing thereby said Bishop to issue his Writ of Summons to the Electors of that Diocese or Missionary Diocese for the holding of an Election Synod therein to elect for themselves a Co-adjutor Bishop.
(4) Before the aforementioned Election synod shall proceed to any such election of a Co-adjutor Bishop, the Bishop of said Diocese or Missionary Diocese shall read, or cause to be read, to that Election Synod his written consent to such election, wherein he shall state the precise duties, authority, and powers he assigns unto the Co-adjutor Bishop when he shall be duly ordained and consecrated and invested with that Office.
Such written consent shall form part of the canonical proceedings of that Synod and formally be entered into the minutes of the official Journal thereof. The President of that Synod shall affix, or cause to be affixed, the Common Seal, if there be such, of that Synod thereto or he shall use, or cause here to be used, some other form of canonical attestation wherein such written consent and Journal shall form a permanent record.
(5) The election shall in all other aspects be conducted in the same manner as in the case of the election of Bishops Ordinary of this Church and as set forth respectively in Sections 3.02 and 3.03 of Canon 3 of this Title.
(b) Of Missionary Districts.
The election of Co-adjutor Bishops of Missionary Districts of this Church shall be conducted in the following manner:
(1) The Bishop Ordinary of a Missionary District shall signify in writing to his Council of Advice that he is desirous of having the assistance of a Co-adjutor Bishop because he is unable fully to discharge the duties of his Office for any of the reasons enumerated in sub-section (1) of Sub-section (a) above of this Section.
(2) The Council of Advice thereof shall consider the request and the reasons therefor, and if said Council of Advice concurs therein, the Bishop and his Council of Advice shall forward their Petition and Request, with the reasons therefor stated, to the Metropolitan and College of Bishops of that Province concerned for their determination as to whether said aforementioned Missionary District shall be allowed to proceed to the election of a Co-adjutor Bishop.
(3) The manner of the giving of consent, issuing of writs for election, written consent and assignment of duties, and conduct of the election shall be as set forth respectively in Sub- sections (3), (4), and (5) of Sub-section (a) above of this Section, save that if the holding of a separate or special Election Synod shall be an undue burden upon that Missionary District, said election may constitute part of the proceedings of the next regular session of the Synod of the said Missionary District, but such Synod shall sit separately for that special purpose in the capacity of an Election Synod of that jurisdiction.
(c) Only One Co-adjutor Bishop in a Diocese, Missionary Diocese, or Missionary District.
There shall not be in any Diocese, Missionary Diocese, or Missionary District of this Church at the same time more than one Co-adjutor Bishop.
(d) Of the Right of Succession.
A co-adjutor Bishop shall, without further election, upon the vacancy caused by the death, translation, removal, or resignation of the Bishop Ordinary to whom he is Co-adjutor, become and be the Bishop Ordinary of the See or jurisdiction concerned, provided that he has taken canonical possession of his Office in the prescribed manner upon the mandate of the Metropolitan of that Province concerned. All that such a Bishop Ordinary lacks upon his succession is enthronement and installation by said Metropolitan or his Episcopal Deputy.
(a) Of Dioceses or Missionary Dioceses.
The election of Suffragan Bishops of Dioceses or Missionary Dioceses of this Church shall be conducted in the following manner:
(1) The Bishop Ordinary of a Diocese or Missionary Diocese shall signify in writing to his Council of Advice that he is desirous of having the assistance of a Suffragan Bishop or Bishops because of the needs of that Diocese or Missionary Diocese due to reason of the following:
(a) the extent of work of that Diocese or Missionary Diocese,
(b) the territorial extent of that Diocese or Missionary Diocese is of such large expanse as to prevent effective Episcopal pastoral care and oversight,
(c) congregations of persons speaking a different language or different languages other than English, or belonging to particular national groups or culture or other ethnic considerations,
(d) Congregations of persons of one particular rite other than the Book of Common Prayer, or
(e) some other special reason of the Apostolic mission of the Church.
Said Council of Advice shall give notice of such request with the reasons therefor at the next session of the Synod of that Diocese or Missionary Diocese.
(2) The manner of the obtainment of that Synod's concurrence, Petition and Request for consent to the Metropolitan and College of Bishops of that Province, giving of consent, issuing of writs, and conduct of election shall be as set forth respectively in Sub- sections (3), (4), and (5) of Sub-section (a of Section 4.01 above of this Canon, save that in the matter of the written consent by the Bishop Ordinary to the election, such written consent shall not enumerate or state any duties, power, or authority to be assigned to the proposed Suffragan Bishop or Bishops.
(b) Of Missionary Districts.
The Metropolitan and College of Bishops of any Province of this Church, from time to time in its discretion, may choose a Suffragan Bishop or Bishops for any Missionary District of that Province concerned upon the due Petition and Request of such Bishop Ordinary and his Council of Advice of the aforementioned Missionary District concerned and for the reasons set forth in Sub-section (1) of Sub-section (a) above of this Section.
(c) Only Two Suffragan Bishops in a Diocese, Missionary Diocese, or Missionary District.
There shall not at any time be more than two Suffragan Bishops holding Office in and for any Diocese, Missionary Diocese, or Missionary District of this Church, save by special consent of the Holy Synod, or if there be as yet no Holy Synod, then by the Synod of the Original Province of this Church, previously obtained
(d) No Right of Succession.
A Suffragan Bishop, on a vacancy caused by the death, translation, removal, or resignation of the Bishop Ordinary of the See or other such jurisdiction to which he is Suffragan, shall not succeed to such Office or become the Bishop Ordinary thereof unless he thereto duly be elected.
All Suffragan Bishops of this Church are eligible for election to any Bishopric of this Church as a Bishop Ordinary or Co-adjutor Bishop.
The elections of both Auxiliary Bishops given to the holder of the Office of the Bishop Ordinary of a See or other such jurisdiction of this Church and Auxiliary Bishops given to any See or other such jurisdiction of this Church, and Assistant Bishops given to the holder of the Office of Bishop Ordinary of a See or other such jurisdiction of this Church, shall in all respects be as provided for Suffragan Bishops of this Church, save for the reasons of their election which are to be as follows:
(a) that the Diocese or other such jurisdiction is so large, either in territory or number of faithful, that an Auxiliary or Assistant is to relive the Bishop Ordinary of that jurisdiction completely or in part of his Episcopal duties in certain areas or aspects of his Office, or
(b) the stature of the one to whom any Auxiliary, or Assistant is assigned -- i.e., the Metropolitan of that Province or the Primate of this Church.
Any retired Bishop of this Church also may be appointed an Assistant Bishop to the holder of the Office of the Bishop Ordinary of a See or other such jurisdiction of this Church by the Metropolitan of that Province concerned, by and with the advice and consent of his college of Bishops, upon due Petition and Request of such Bishop Ordinary and his Council of Advice concerned.
Auxiliary Bishops and Assistant Bishops of this Church as regards Rights of Succession are under the same provisions as set forth in Sub-section (d) of Section 4.02 above of this Canon and as provided for Suffragan Bishops.
Auxiliary Bishops and Assistant Bishops of this Church are eligible for election to any Bishopric of this Church.
Auxiliary Bishops are under the same provisions regarding number as set forth in Sub-section (c) of Section 4.02 above of this Canon and as provided for Suffragan Bishops.
There shall not be in any Diocese, Missionary Diocese, Missionary District, or other such jurisdiction of this Church at the same time more than one Assistant Bishop.
It shall be the duty of every Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary to visit all Parishes, Congregations, and Missions, and other places and persons required by law or custom, including persons, places, and things both therein and thereof of his Diocese or other such jurisdiction that be committed to his Charge and safekeeping, in a more solemn manner in person or by deputy once every year and in person at least once every three years, with the solicitude as their Chief Pastor and Father in God, for the spiritual purpose to promote and preserve sound and orthodox doctrine and religious teaching; to correct any errors which may have occurred within the same; to protect good morals and correct any abuses therein; to promote and exhort peace, quietness, innocence, piety, and discipline among the Clergy and the faithful; to meet and consult with the Clergy, Wardens, and Vestry thereof in order that means may be taken to advance the cause of Christ's Religion in that place; to provide for the welfare of Christ's Religion in other suitable ways; to meet the people thereof; to inspect and supervise the Clergy in the performance of their duties; to learn for himself where needs exist and take necessary steps for supplying those needs; to make known that he was at all times not only accessible to all men, but also ready to investigate any matter that was brought before him; to examine and inspect the fabric, furniture, ornaments, and appointments of the Church, Churchyard, Burial Grounds or other Buildings, especially the Altar, the mode and place of Reservation of the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Oils and Chrism, Sacred Vessels, fair linens, vestments, and Service Books; to administer confirmation; to preach God's Word; to administer the other Sacraments if need be; and especially to celebrate the Holy Communion.
(a) He shall make such other visitations within that place visited or to such other parsons as he shall think expedient.
(b) At every Visitation it shall be the duty of the Bishop to examine the records, accounts, and registers required to be kept by the Canons of this Church, of that Province concerned, and of his own jurisdiction and so to attest.
(c) He shall perform all other duties during his Visitation required of him by the Canons of this Church, of that Province concerned, and of his own jurisdiction.
(d) Such Visitations are to be carried out and performed diligently but without undue delay or consideration that might cause unnecessary burden, hardship, or expense upon those visited which they might be ill able to bear.
Every Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary, when he does summon his Visitation, shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Minister, Wardens, and Vestry of every Parish, Congregation, or Mission he is to visit annually in person or by deputy, such books of articles or other pertinent questionnaire as he shall require such Minister, Wardens, and Vestry to ground their answers upon for their performance of the duties of their Office, the conduct of Divine Worship, and other matters Concerning the state of their Parishes, Congregations, or Missions, and return the same to the Bishop for his perusal and examination before his Visitation, which answers may the more assist and facilitate the Bishop in the performance of his Visitation to that place and to discuss with them their replies to his questionnaire or articles.
If the Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese or other such jurisdiction does not make a Canonical Visitation to every Parish, Congregation, or Mission in person within his jurisdiction each year, then the Archdeacon, or Regional or Rural Dean, or other such Commissary duly appointed by him, shall do so for him in those places not canonically visited by the Bishop Ordinary himself that year and shall prepare a written report for that Bishop in all details and on the state of the persons, places, and things so visited.
If it is found to be necessary, the Bishop, or his deputy, may, at the end of such Canonical Visitation, issue such binding injunctions, instructions, admonitions, precepts, or decrees, for the edifying and well-governing of Christ's flock, which to him seem expedient, that means may be taken thereby for the supply of such things as may be lacking or wanting and the correction and reformation of such things as may be disclosed to be amiss in each particular case.
Recourse of appeal to the Metropolitan of that Province concerned may be had from such injunctions, instructions, admonitions, precepts, or decrees, but they must be complied with while decision is pending.
It shall be the pastoral duty of every Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary to make a Canonical Visitation in person or by deputy once every year and in person at least once every three years to every House of Holy Religion situate within his jurisdiction as provided in Section 1.07 of Canon 1 of Title XIX of these Canons.
Such Canonical Visitation shall consist in the visitation and inspection of all persons, places, and things subject to such Religious Houses; the fostering of Religious discipline; the observance of all laws ecclesiastical; the proper administration of temporal goods, and, where necessary to take measures to correct defects and promote better observance; the examination of land, buildings, living quarters, and all that pertain to them; all registers, records, and documents; all aspects of temporal administration; the fulfillment of the obligations of Holy Communion; the proper care of Churches and Chapels and their furnishings; the proper care of the custody and mode of the Reservation of the Blessed Sacrament, if such be reserved, and the Holy Oils and Chrism; and the appointment of a member ordered by the Bishop to expound the Scriptures or some part of Christian Doctrine in their public oratories.
When the Bishop Ordinary does not carry out this duty in his own person, he may designate his Archdeacon or other such Official for this duty and shall commission him his Vicar for Religious. Such other visitor is to be solemnly received and prepare a written report for said Bishop in all details and the state and condition of persons, places, and things so visited.
Every Episcopal Visitor to a House of Holy Religion as provided by Section 1.06 of Canon 1 of Title XIX of these Canons shall make his Canonical Visitation to that House of which he is Episcopal Visitor in person at least once in every three years and such Canonical Visitation is to be comprehensive in all aspects as well as he shall have the duty to interview the individual members of that Religious House or Community on such matters as Religious discipline, observance of vows, common life, fraternal charity, attendance at religious exercises, fulfillment of the particular work of that Community, relationship between superior and subjects, and studies. He is forbidden to enquire into matters of conscience. He shall perform such other duties as are prescribed for him in Section 1.06 of Canon 1 of Title XIX of these Canons.
The Religious visited are obliged to answer truthfully the legitimate questions of the Visitor, and it is forbidden for anyone to deter them from answering or to hinder the Visitation in any other way.
The right to declare incapable of holding Office all who interfere with the Visitation and to remove any from such Office if they are superiors is reserved to the Episcopal Visitor or the Metropolitan concerned.
Upon the completion of his investigation and visitation, the Visitor may issue any binding injunctions, instructions, admonitions, precepts, or decrees that he deems necessary.
Recourse of appeal to the Metropolitan of that Province concerned may be had from such injunctions, instructions, admonitions, precepts, or decrees of the Episcopal Visitor, but they must be complied with while decision is pending.
If the Episcopal Visitor fails to make his Canonical Visitation as herein prescribed, the matter falls to the Bishop Ordinary wherein such House of Holy Religion be situate to do so in all particulars as if he, the Bishop Ordinary, were the Episcopal Visitor and Religious superior of that House of Religion concerned.
Every Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary shall keep a register wherein he shall record his proceedings at every visitation of his Diocese or other such jurisdiction performed by him in person or by deputy and to render an account of such to his Metropolitan annually.
At the close of the Canonical Visitations for the year, every Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary shall summon the Clergy canonically resident within that Diocese or other such jurisdiction and all Clergy holding License from such Bishop, to a Clergy Conference for the purposes of mutual consultation on matters concerning faith, worship, morals, discipline, practice, missionary policy, and the pastoral office; for consultation and common action concerning the things of God and His Kingdom; and such Bishop may deliver a charge or series of charges, to his Clergy on these or any other matters which he regards and deems important or necessary or which need of redress may have been disclosed to him as a result of those visitations.
(a) If a Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary shall for three years have declined to visit a Parish, Congregation, or Mission within his Diocese or other such jurisdiction, the Minister, Wardens, and Vestry shall apply to the Metropolitan of that Province concerned to make such Canonical Visitation and perform all such acts pertinent to the same.
(b) If the Bishop Ordinary similarly has failed to make his Canonical Visitation to any House of Holy Religion situate within his jurisdiction, or has failed to make the Canonical Visitation as provided in Section 5.06 above of this Canon, then such House of Religion shall apply to the Metropolitan of that Province concerned to make such Canonical Visitation and perform all such acts pertinent to the same.
(c) In either of the instances cited in Sub-sections (a) and (b) above of this Section, the said Metropolitan shall first attempt to achieve a reconciliation of any conflict involved and a resolution of the problem. Failing to achieve the same, the said Metropolitan shall proceed as set forth in the aforesaid Sub-sections.
(d) If a Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary shall have declined, without good cause, to make any Canonical Visitations to his Diocese or other such jurisdiction in any one year, the Metropolitan of that Province concerned, by virtue of his Office, shall make such Visitations therein and take other appropriate action as to him may seem expedient under the provisions of these Canons and of that Province concerned.
It shall be the duty of Ministers to prepare young persons and others for Confirmation; and on notice being received from the Bishop Ordinary of that Diocese or other such jurisdiction of his intention to visit any Church, which notice shall be at least one month before the intended visitation, the Minister shall announce the fact to the Congregation on the first Sunday after receipt of such notice; and he shall be ready to present for Confirmation such persons as he shall judge to be qualified, and shall send and deliver beforehand to the Bishop a list of the names of those to be confirmed.
Such Minister, all the Clergy, the Wardens, and the Vestry of such Parish, congregation, or Mission shall answer advisedly and truly according to their consciences the articles or questionnaire delivered to them from the Bishop's office for the purposes of the Canonical Visitation.
At every Canonical Visitation it shall be the duty of the Minister, and of the Wardens, or Vestrymen, or of some other Officer or Official, to exhibit to the Bishop Ordinary or his deputy for his examination and inspection all the Parish registers, records, documents, books of account, insurance policies, and returns and records of other matters which shall be required by the Canons of this Church, of that Province concerned, of his own jurisdiction, or of the civil law in that place.
(a) Of Chief Pastor and Father in God.
Every Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary is the Chief Pastor of all that are committed to his Charge and safekeeping within his Diocese or other such jurisdiction, as well Laity as Clergy, and their Father in God; it appertains to his Office to visit, teach, encourage, and admonish his Clergy as a Chief Shepherd among the Shepherds of Christ's flock; to be especially bound to watch over the faith, morals, and discipline of his Clergy; to preach and teach the Word of God unto his people; to interpret and expound the Scriptures; to teach and uphold sound and wholesome doctrine, to feed the same unto his flock, and to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines; to guard well and maintain the content of the Catholic and Apostolic Faith, entire and uncorrupted; to judge and defend morals; to be diligent in promoting the spread of the Gospel in all the world, and especially in his own Diocese or other such jurisdiction; constantly to encourage his Clergy and Laity to fulfil their duty of witnessing Christ to others, according to His Command to make Disciples of all Nations; to build up the Church of God; to hold up the weak, bring again the outcasts, and seek the lost; and, himself an example of righteous and godly living, to set forward and maintain quietness, love, and peace among all men.
(b) Of Spiritual Jurisdiction and Authority of the Ordinary.
Every Bishop of a Diocese or other such jurisdiction, by virtue of his Office in the Church of God, has within his territory proper Jurisdiction and Authority as Ordinary thereof except in places and over persons Exempt by law or custom. It is his duty therefore to govern his Diocese or other such jurisdiction in all Spiritual Causes and Matters in both the external forum and the internal forum, as well as Temporal, which is to be exercised according to the Constitution or Canons, or both, of this Church, of that Province concerned, and of his own Diocese or other such jurisdiction.
(1) He shall exercise his Ordinary legislative Jurisdiction only in and through his Synod, provided that such laws and regulations enacted thereby shall not conflict with the Common Law of the Church and the Constitution or Canons, or both, of this Church, of that Province concerned, and of his own jurisdiction Such low or regulations thus made and enacted shall be promulgated in the manner prescribed by that Diocese or other such jurisdiction.
(2) He shall exercise the interpretative and judicial authority of the Ordinary as provided in the Constitution or Canons, or both, of this Church, of that Province concerned, and of his own jurisdiction.
(3) By such Ordinary Jurisdiction, every Bishop Ordinary is entitled to administer the spiritual and temporal affairs of his Diocese or other such jurisdiction, as provided in the Constitution or Canons, or both, of this Church, of that Province concerned, and of his own jurisdiction, and to require the observance of all laws ecclesiastical, especially those concerning the immediate spiritual welfare of his people. Among others, the following hold special importance:
(a) the worship of God;
(b) preaching His Word;
(c) the administration of the Sacraments and sacramentals of the Church;
(d) safeguarding the Faith and Morals of the faithful; and
(e) the religious instruction of the faithful, especially the young.
(c) Of Principal Minister.
Every Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary is, within his Diocese or other such jurisdiction, the Principal Minister thereof, and to him belongs the right save in places and over persons Exempt by law or custom, to dispense and supervise the administration of the Sacraments of God unto his people, and by the same to confer and give the graces of the Holy Spirit; to consecrate the Body and Blood of Christ in the Sacrament of the Altar; to loose, assoil, and absolve from sin all persons which be duly penitent and sorry for the same; to bind and excommunicate such as be guilty in manifest crimes and sins, and will not amend their faults; to impose spiritual punishment and sentences; to discern spirits and gifts; to exorcise, adjure, and cast out evil spirits; to heal the sick and bind up the broken; to be the principal and official Preacher therein; to celebrate the rites of Ordination and Confirmation; to conduct, order, authorize, and supervise all Services in Churches, Chapels, Churchyards, and consecrated Burial Grounds; to dedicate and bless all Churches, Churchyards, and Burial Grounds; to consecrate Churches, Altars, Churchyards, Burial Grounds, Church Bells, all Sacred Vessels, Holy Oils and Chrism, and places for the custody and proper Reservation of the Blessed Sacrament; to reconcile all Churches, Churchyards, or Burial Grounds after desecration, spoilation, or pollution; to reopen all Churches after restoration; to deconsecrate Churches, Churchyards, or Burial Grounds; to institute to all vacant benefices or Cure of Souls therein; to admit by license to all other ecclesiastical offices therein; to pray for the whole Church of Christ, and especially for the flock committed unto him; to offer the Holy Eucharist every Lord's Day and Feast of Obligation for the people committed to his charge; to provide for a fit supply of Clergy to minister to his flock, and to see to the training thereof; to hold visitations at times required by law or custom to all persons, places, and things, and especially the Clergy therein, to the end that he may get some good knowledge of the state, sufficiency, and ability of the clergy and other persons and places whom and where he is to visit; to see in his own person or through his Officers, that the Clergy perform their duties in the parishes to which they have been instituted or licensed; to summon all Synods and Clergy Conferences thereof; and to be the President thereof and preside therein, either in his own person or by such deputy as he may lawfully appoint.
(d) Of the High Priestly Power of the Episcopal Order.
Every Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary shall be faithful in admitting persons into Holy Orders and in celebrating the rite of confirmation as often and in as many places as shall be convenient, and he shall provide, as much as in him lies, that in every place within his Diocese or other such jurisdiction there shall be sufficient Priests to minister God's Word and Sacraments to all the people that are therein.
(e) Of Judge of Faith and Morals.
Every Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary has within his jurisdiction the authority and responsibility to supervise and ensure the soundness of the Faith, Worship, and Morals of both the Clergy and Laity committed to his Christ-like charge and safekeeping. The chief aim of such Bishop's administration of Christian discipline is for the more perfect reformation and amendment of all his people, after the pattern of Christ, improvement, spiritual growth, and Increase in, or restoration to, a state of grace and right faith, to their souls' health and salvation, and to the spreading abroad of the glad tidings of the Gospel. To this end, he is charged to teach exhort, reprove, and rebuke with wholesome doctrine, to see that his children in the faith maintain the fullness and soundness of the same, and diligently to exercise such godly judgement and discipline in matters of Faith, Worship, and Morals, as by the authority of Cod's Word, and by the order of this Church, is committed to him, ensuring, as much as by God's good providence may be, that all members of the Clerical and Lay Orders may faithfully carry out the particular duties incumbent upon them.
It is the responsibility of every Bishop Ordinary to exercise godly authority to preserve the Faith, Worship, and Morals of his flock by judging any action or conduct of any member of the Clerical or Lay Order detrimental to its spiritual health and well-being, or for any failure on their part in bearing the Yoke of Christ, or having strayed from the path of their discipleship; and he shall, when necessary, implement that judgement by administering or otherwise disciplining according to the Discipline of this Church and the Laws Ecclesiastical those who trouble the peace, quietness, good order, or safety of his flock.
(f) Of Other Duties.
Each Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary shall perform all duties prescribed for him in the Constitution and Canons of this Church, the Constitution or Canons, or both, of the Province wherein he holds jurisdiction, and the Constitution or Canons, or both, of his Diocese, Missionary Diocese, Missionary District, or such other jurisdiction.
(a) Of Co-adjutor Bishops.
Every Co-adjutor Bishop of this Church shall endeavour himself faithfully to execute such things pertaining to the Episcopal Office as shall be commissioned or assigned to him by the Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese or other such jurisdiction to whom he shall be Co-adjutor.
Such Co-adjutor shall use, have, exercise, or execute only such jurisdiction or Episcopal duties, authority, privileges, or powers in any Diocese or other such jurisdiction as shall be licensed, commissioned, assigned, or limited to him to use, have, exercise, or execute by the Bishop Ordinary of the same in writing at the time of such Co-adjutor's election, which commission or assignment in writing is a permanent matter.
The jurisdiction or Episcopal duties, authority, privileges, or powers commissioned or assigned by said Bishop Ordinary to his Co-adjutor Bishop may be enlarged upon by mutual consent whenever the Bishop Ordinary may desire to commission or assign such additional jurisdiction or Episcopal duties, authority, privileges, or powers to said Co-adjutor Bishop.
Such Co-adjutor Bishop shall use, exercise, and execute all such jurisdiction or Episcopal duties, authority, privileges, and powers as may have been commissioned or assigned unto him in full harmony with his Bishop Ordinary and under his direction in order that the unity of the government and administration, the direction of the Apostolic mission of the Church, and the Pastoral Office of that Diocese or other such jurisdiction shall not be impaired.
Such Co-adjutor Bishop in case of the absence or incapacity from any cause of the Bishop Ordinary shall exercise the full jurisdiction, rights, authority, and powers of the Bishop Ordinary of that Diocese or other such jurisdiction as well in temporal as in spiritual matters during such absence or incapacity.
(b) Of Suffragan Bishops.
Every Suffragan Bishop of this Church shall endeavour himself faithfully to execute such things pertaining to the Episcopal Office as shall be commissioned to him by the Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese or other such jurisdiction to which he shall be Suffragan.
Such Suffragan Bishop shall use, have, exercise or execute only such jurisdiction or Episcopal power, authority, or privileges in any Diocese or other such jurisdiction as shall be licensed, commissioned, or limited to him to use, have, exercise, or execute by the Bishop Ordinary of the same.
Such Suffragan Bishop shall be and act, in all respects, as the Assistant of the Bishop Ordinary of that jurisdiction, and under his direction and subject and subordinate to his authority as Ordinary.
A Suffragan Bishop, upon the death of a Bishop Ordinary, may, if so specifically provided in the regulations or Canons of the jurisdiction of such a Bishop Ordinary, subject to confirmation by the Metropolitan of that Province concerned, be temporarily in charge of that Diocese or other such jurisdiction as the Administrator or Episcopal Authority thereof, or both, until a new Bishop Ordinary is chosen and ordained and consecrated, saving the canonical rights of such Bishop-elect.
Such Suffragan Bishop may also be similarly placed in charge of that Diocese or other such jurisdiction in the absence or incapacity of the Bishop Ordinary thereof and under the same stipulations as set forth in the preceding sentence above.
(c) Of Auxiliary Bishops.
Every Auxiliary Bishop of this Church shall endeavour himself faithfully to execute such things pertaining to the Episcopal Office as shall be commissioned to him by the Bishop Ordinary of the diocese or other such jurisdiction to which or to whom, as the case may be, he shall be Auxiliary.
Such Auxiliary Bishop shall use, have, or execute only such jurisdiction or Episcopal power or authority in any Diocese or other such jurisdiction as shall be licensed, commissioned, or limited to him to use, have, or execute by the Bishop Ordinary of the same in subordination and subject to his authority as Ordinary.
(d) Of Assistant Bishops.
Every Assistant Bishop of this Church shall endeavour himself faithfully to execute such things pertaining to the Episcopal Office as shall be commissioned to him by the Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese or other such jurisdiction to whom he shall be Assistant.
Such Assistant Bishop shall use, have, or execute only such powers or authority assigned to him either in the administration of that jurisdiction or in the performance of the Episcopal duties and obligations as seems fit or necessary to that Bishop Ordinary.
Such Assistant Bishop performs the duties of his Office directly under the supervision of the Bishop Ordinary to whom he is Assistant.
(e) Of Other Duties.
Every Co adjutor Bishop, Suffragan Bishop, Auxiliary Bishop, or Assistant Bishop of this Church respectively shall perform all duties prescribed for him in the Constitution and Canons of this Church, the Constitution or Canons, or both, of the Province wherein he holds Office, and the Constitution or Canons, or both, of the Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese, Missionary Diocese, Missionary District, or other such jurisdiction to whom or to which, as the case may be, he is given as such.
(Reserved)
(Reserved)
Every Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary of this Church may hold his Office for life unless he shall retire, resign, or be removed in accordance with the Constitution and Canons of this Church.
Every Co-adjutor Bishop of this Church may hold his Office for life unless he shall succeed to the See or other such jurisdiction in the place of the Bishop Ordinary to whom he is given, retire, resign, or be removed in accordance with the Constitution and Canons of this church.
Every Suffragan Bishop of this Church may hold his Office for life unless he shall retire, resign, or be removed in accordance with the Constitution and Canons of this Church.
Every Auxiliary Bishop of this Church given to the See or other such jurisdiction of which he is Auxiliary may hold his Office for life unless he shall retire, resign, or be removed in accordance with the Constitution and Canons of this Church.
Every Auxiliary Bishop of this Church given to a holder of the Office of Bishop Ordinary and every Assistant Bishop of this Church also given to a holder of the Office of Bishop Ordinary shall hold his Office as such only during the tenure of the holder of the Office of Bishop Ordinary to whom he be respectively Auxiliary or Assistant, unless he shall retire, resign, or be removed in accordance with the Constitution and Canons of this Church. Such Auxiliary Bishop or Assistant Bishop shall resume his Office after the expiration of tenure of the Office holder to whom they were given only upon re- appointment to his respective Office by the new incumbent Bishop Ordinary of that jurisdiction.
If he should not be so re-appointed to his Office, such lack of appointment shall not effect the rights, duties, and obligations of such said Bishop either as a member of the Episcopal Order or of the College of Bishops and Council of Bishops of this Church and of that Province concerned. Such Bishop in any case shall be eligible to election to any Bishopric of this Church save if he already be retired as set forth in Canon 10 below of this Title.
9.05 Of Translations.
No translation of any Bishop of this Church shall be permitted save if he first resign, as set forth In Canon 10 below of this Title, any previous Episcopal Office or Bishopric he may have held at the time of his election or appointment, and such resignation shall be required before such Bishop enters upon or exercises, or both, such new Episcopal Office or Bishopric.
Any Bishop holding an Episcopal Office or Bishopric within a Province of this Church, Diocesan or otherwise, may resign his Episcopal Office or Bishopric at any time by written notice to the Metropolitan of that Province concerned. The aforesaid Metropolitan shall thereupon submit such resignation to the College of Bishops of that Province assembled. Said resignation shall become effective unless two-thirds of the aforesaid College of Bishops for good and sufficient reason decline to accept such said resignation from that Episcopal Office or Bishopric.
Such resignation shall not affect the rights, duties, and obligations of such said Bishop either as a member of the Episcopal Order or of the College of Bishops and the Council of Bishops of this Church and of that Province concerned.
Upon attaining the age of seventy-five years, any Bishop holding an Episcopal Office or Bishopric within a Province of this Church shall annually submit his offer to retire from the Office or Bishopric which he holds to the appropriate Synod concerned with his Office. If his offer to retire is accepted by that Synod, he shall be bound to forward his written resignation to the Metropolitan of that Province concerned, who shall submit such resignation to his College of Bishops. The College of Bishops of that Province are then bound to accept his resignation from that Episcopal Office or Bishopric which he held
(a) In order to fulfil his various duties as the Chief Pastor having the Cure of Souls of all within his jurisdiction, it shall be the duty of every Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary habitually and personally to reside within the limits of his Diocese or other such jurisdiction for the major part of the year, even though he may have a Co-adjutor, Suffragan, Auxiliary, or Assistant Bishop. He may absent himself from his Diocese or other such jurisdiction for good cause continuously or intermittently no more than three months, always making adequate provision that no harm will result from such absence to his flock.
(b) His own conscience must decide what cause is sufficient to justify such absence.
(c) Besides the three months aforementioned, a Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary may further absent himself if Christian charity, urgent necessity, due obedience, or evident advantage of Church, such as attendance at the various Colleges of Bishops' meetings or Synods of the Church, require it, the formal leave and consent of his Metropolitan, with the advice and consent of his College of Bishops, in writing being required for such longer absence than the three months aforementioned.
(d) Such a Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary need not always reside in the episcopal city, but he has a particular serious duty to be present at his Cathedral Church, if there be such, in order to pontificate and preside during Advent and Lent and on the Greater Feasts of the Church: Easter, Pentecost, and Christmas.
Only a serious or urgent cause justifies absence at those times.
(a) Every Co-adjutor Bishop, Auxiliary Bishop, or Assistant Bishop shall reside within the Diocese or other such jurisdiction of the Bishop to whom he shall be respectively Co-adjutor, Auxiliary, or Assistant.
(b) Every Suffragan Bishop or Auxiliary Bishop shall reside within the Diocese or other such jurisdiction to which he shall be respectively Suffragan or Auxiliary.
(c) The Bishops in the above Sub-sections (a) and (b) of this Section may not be absent from the Diocese or other such jurisdiction in which they minister and have Office, except for the reasons set forth in Section 12.02 (c) above of this Canon, for more than three months without the leave in writing of the Bishop Ordinary thereof.
13.01 Every Bishop of this Church shall confine himself in what pertains to the discharge of his duties and functions strictly to his own Diocese or other such jurisdiction, neither shall he presume to invade the jurisdiction of another Bishop of this Church.
13.02 Any Bishop invited to Officiate in a Diocese or other such jurisdiction other than his own shall first assure himself of the goodwill and permission in writing of the Bishop Ordinary thereof before so doing.
13.03 The above sections shall not apply in cases where the Metropolitan, exercising the Ecclesiastical Authority of a See or other such Jurisdiction in sede vacante or temporary avoidance, has asked and commissioned such a Bishop to be and act as the Episcopal Visitor thereof until the said vacancy or temporary avoidance shall cease.
13.04 The provisions of this Canon are not meant to limit or circumscribe the jurisdiction, authority, or visitorial rights and powers that the Metropolitan of each Province has by virtue of his Office within his Province and as provided elsewhere in the Canons of this Church or in the Common Law of the Church.
The Precedence of Bishops Ordinary in a Province after the Metropolitan thereof and the Primate of this Church is to be ruled by the order of their ordinations and consecrations to the Episcopate. The same applies to all other Bishoprics of that Province after the Bishops Ordinary thereof.
Each Bishop Ordinary in his own Diocese or other such jurisdiction enjoys the right of precedence over all other Bishops and Archbishops, with the exception of his own Metropolitan and the Primate of this Church.
The Metropolitan of every Province, as the Chief Bishop and Principal Minister thereof, shall have precedence of all the other Bishops of that Province.
Every Bishop Elect elected to the Office of Diocesan Bishop or of Bishop Ordinary of another such jurisdiction of this Church shall, upon having received the confirmation and ratification to his election from the Metropolitan of that Province concerned, present his Certificate of Confirmation and Letters Archiepiscopal from such Metropolitan to the Guardians of the Spiritualities of that See or other such jurisdiction and, if there be such, the Administrator thereof in the presence of the Chancellor of that See or other such jurisdiction, who shall record the proceedings. From the moment of such canonical presentment, the said Bishop Elect, even though he not yet be ordained and consecrated or enthroned and installed, or both, shall be entitled to enter upon the care, government, and administration of the spiritualities of his See or other such jurisdiction and fully is invested to exercise all spiritual jurisdiction, but not temporal, thereof in order that the Church in that place may have the solace of a Pastor. He is henceforth entitled to all the rights of jurisdiction save for exercise of that which is reserved to or requires him to be in Episcopal Orders.
Such person takes possession of the temporalities of that See or other such jurisdiction and exercises authority in matters temporal only upon his enthronement and installation by the aforementioned Metropolitan or his Episcopal Deputy, following upon his ordination and consecration to the Episcopate if he not already be a Bishop.
Such Bishop Elect is, after canonical confirmation and ratification of his election by the Metropolitan concerned, bound by and under the same obligations as Bishops Ordinary in what regards their residence and restrictions to their own jurisdictions as set forth in Canons 12 at 13 above respectively of this Title.
At every annual meeting of the Synod of a Diocese, Missionary Diocese, Missionary District, or other such jurisdiction, the Bishop Ordinary thereof shall make a Statement of the affairs of his jurisdiction since the last regular meeting of that Synod concerned; all official Episcopal Acts performed by himself or by any other Bishop for him; the names of all the churches, parishes, congregations, missions, institutions or Houses of Holy Religion he has visited in person or by deputy; the number of persons confirmed or received into this Church in that jurisdiction from other churches; the names of all those who have been received as Postulants or Candidates for Holy Orders, studying for Holy Orders and whereat, and of those who have been ordained; the names of those who have been deprived or otherwise removed thereby from any Office, Lay or Clerical, within that jurisdiction; the changes by death, removal, transfer, or otherwise, which have taken place among the Clergy thereof; any appointments to Office made by him; and all matters tending to throw more light upon the affairs of that jurisdiction concerned; which Statement shall be inserted in the Journal thereof.
Such Bishops Ordinary shall forward also a duplicate of said Statement to his Metropolitan and render to him an account thereof.
(a) It shall be the duty of every Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary of each Province to cause to have forwarded to his Metropolitan concerned, immediately upon their publication, the Journals of each Synod of his jurisdiction, together with all Episcopal charges and statements he has made and such other papers as may show the State of the Church in his jurisdiction. He shall also make such reports on the Canonical Visitations as set forth in Section 5.07 of Canon 5 above of this Title.
(b) It shall also be the duty of every Diocesan Bishop or Bishop Ordinary of each Province, immediately after the adjournment of his Synod next preceding the next regular meeting of the Synod of such Province, to cause to have prepared and forwarded to the Provincial Secretary of that Province concerned, upon the form provided by said Provincial Secretary, a condensed summary of the statistics contained in the Parochial reports and statements by him made to his annual Synod required in Section 16.01 above of this Canon, with information as to all institutions in any way connected with this Church situate within his jurisdiction, and also as to the condition of all invested funds and the amount of all contributions received and expended by him or any Bishops given to him or to that jurisdiction, or otherwise within his jurisdiction.
Such information shall be tabulated separately for each of the years that Provincial Synod has not met. Said Provincial Secretary shall, as soon as may be, present such papers to the Metropolitan and College of Bishops of that Province, in order that such Metropolitan may make his report to that Provincial Synod on the State of the Church therein.
Upon any mode of voluntary resignation by a Bishop subject to the authority of this Church which resignation reasonably implies his rejection of or departure from the authority of this Church in cases where Abandonment of Communion procedures as set forth in Canons 7 and 9 respectively of Title X of these Canons may be deemed not to be necessary or applicable, as the case may be, the name of said Bishop may be removed from the Canonical Rolls of the College of Bishops and of the Council of Bishops of this Church and of that Province concerned or of the Original Province of this Church, as the case may be, by the action of the Primate of this Church with the advice and consent of two-thirds {2/3) of the membership of the College of Bishops of this Church or by the action of the Metropolitan of the Original Province of this Church with the advice and consent of two-thirds (2/3) of the membership of his College of Bishops, as the case may be.
Upon due certification and notice of such action of removal from the Canonical Rolls of the College of Bishops and of the Council of Bishops of this Church and of that Province concerned or of the Original Province of this Church, as the case may be, to the aforesaid Bishop concerned and that Bishop having made no objection to or entered any protest with the Primate or Metropolitan concerned, as the case may be, within a three (3) month period after the date due notification has been certified, the name of the aforementioned Bishop concerned shall be removed from the Canonical Rolls of the College of Bishops and of the Council of Bishops of this Church and of that Province concerned or of the Original Province of this Church, as the case may be.
Any Bishop, whose name has been removed from the Canonical Rolls of the College of Bishops and of the Council of Bishops of this Church and of that Province concerned under the provisions of this Canon, shall be, thereby, prohibited from
the performance of any Episcopal Act or Function within the jurisdiction of this Church or from officiating therein, or both.
Any Bishop whose name has been removed from the Canonical Rolls of the College of Bishops and of the Council of Bishops of this Church and of that Province concerned or of the Original Province of this Church, as the case may be, under the provisions of this Canon may, upon the petition and request of the aforesaid Bishop, be restored to such Canonical Rolls only by the action of the Primate of this Church, or his lawful Successor to that Office, with the advice and consent of two-thirds (2/3) of the membership of the College of Bishops of this Church, or by the action of the Metropolitan of the Original Province of this Church, or his lawful Successor to that Office, with the advice and consent of two- thirds (2/3) of the membership of his College of Bishops, as the case may be.
Upon the effective date of such removal, the Primate or the Metropolitan concerned, as the case may be, shall declare the name of the aforesaid Bishop to be removed from the Canonical Rolls of the College of Bishops and of the Council of Bishops of this Church and of that Province concerned or of the Original Province of this Church, as the case may be, and that such removal was for causes which do not affect the man's moral character.
The provisions of this Canon shall be deemed to have
been in effect from the effective date of the adoption go the
Constitution of this Church.