[Magdalen] Canonical residence

anthony clavier anthonyfmclavier at gmail.com
Sun Mar 13 11:21:12 UTC 2016


He is bishop in Europe (Pierre is his suffragan) and PBs have voted in that
capacity in fairly recent times.

Tony

On Sunday, March 13, 2016, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> My guess is that our Presiding Bishop remains canonically resident in the
> diocese he or she was in before being elected as PB, but I can't say that
> for certain. ++Griswold does not AFAIK participate in ecclesiastical
> activities here in the Philadelphia area other than an occasional
> invitation to preach or celebrate somewhere. If my guess is correct,
> however, his canonical residency would be Chicago. Our former bishop (now
> twice removed), Allen Bartlett, was present and voting yesterday. Charles
> Bennison was not.
>
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 4:26 AM, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com <javascript:;>
> > wrote:
>
> > On 12/03/2016 23:35, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> >
> >> I assume it's the same as for other clergy, i.e, the diocese in which
> >> you're canonically resident when you retire.
> >>
> >
> > I had assumed that a bishop is canonically resident in their own diocese,
> > but what about the Presiding Bishop whose jurisdiction is limited to the
> > Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe?  (I ask because I believe
> > +Frank Griswold lives in Philadelpgia.)
> >
> > Roger
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Mar 12, 2016, at 5:14 PM, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com <javascript:;>>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Judging by the voting figures in the episcopal election there seem to
> be
> >>> significantly more clergy canonically resident in the Diocese of
> >>> Pennsylvania than there are parishes.  I believe all clergy, wherever
> they
> >>> happen to live physically, have to be canonically resident somewhere.
> What
> >>> about retired bishops?  How is their canonical residence decided?
> >>>
> >>> Roger
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Christopher Hart
>
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-- 
The Rev. Tony Clavier
Vicar: St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Glen Carbon IL
and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Granite City IL


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