Amendment to Canon XXI - Transferring Clergy - paragraph 2 - Jurisdiction - U7
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- Date
- 1952 September
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Text
- That Canon XXI, para. 2, "Jurisdiction," be amended by adding the following:
- "A Chaplain holding a commission requiring full-time service in Her Majesty's Canadian Forces shall be subject to the Episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop so appointed by the House of Bishops; but at the wish of the Chaplain and/or the Diocese concerned he may retain his membership in the Synod of the Diocese from whence he came."
- Schedule
- "I hereby certify that the Rev. A.B., having with my consent accepted a commission as a Chaplain in Her Majesty's Canadian Forces, is in good standing, and I hereby transfer him to your Episcopal jurisdiction during his time of service."
- Notes:
- "1. The Bishop on receipt of the above letter shall issue a License on behalf of the House of Bishops authorizing the man concerned to serve as a priest of the Church of England in Canada in Her Majesty's Canadian Forces.
- "2. Before receiving such License a Chaplain shall take the usual oaths and subscriptions, and declaration of submission shall be to the Canons of General Synod and to those of the Provincial and Diocesan Synods where he may from time to time be stationed."
- The Prolocutor referred this matter to the Lower House which, on motion, voted concurrence.
- Subjects
- Chaplains, Military - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy - Licensing
- Anglican Church of Canada. Bishop Ordinary to the Armed Forces
- Anglican Church of Canada. Bishop Ordinary to the Canadian Forces