Bates, George E.. Utah

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Thu, 11 Aug 1933 12:28:39 EDT

Died on March 30, 1999

George E. Bates
Retired Bishop of Utah
1490 Montclair Terrace
Medford, OR, 97504

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Province: 8

#813 consecrated in 1986
Ret Bp of U 96-.
Born: 8/11/1933, Binghamton NY

Dart BA 55. ETS MDiv 58.
. . Ivy League Graduate

Ordained deacon: 6/58, Priest: 6/59
Marriage: 9 Jun 56 Mary Sue Onstott c2.

Assignment when elected: Size of Parish. Rank of size: .

Current interim body membership:
Legislative committee at the 97 General Convention:

Law on homosexuality in OR: 2

Law:
'+' = No sodomy law
1 = Sodomy is a felony for lbs & straights
2 = Sodomy is a misdemeanor for lbgs & straights
3 = Sodomy is a felony, but only for lbgs
4 = Sodomy is a misdemeanor, but only for lbgs

Statistics for Diocesan bishops:
n/a communicants in 1995, Rank: n/a
communicants in 1996. Rank:

Median Congregation:
Average Congregation:
Number of congregations with 1,000+ members:

Voting Record
ne 79 Voted "Not appropriate to ordain."
79 "*" means signed to dissent from the vote not to ordain.
0 88 Signed the General Synod Resolution (C of E).
90 Voted to Disassociate from the Diocese of Newark.
91 Signed the conservative "Irenaeus Resolution."
0 91 Voted for the Frey resolution (via Howe).
0 94 Signed the Province 7 Statement
1 94 Signed Bishop Spong's Statement of Koinonia
0 95 Signed the Presentment Against Walter Righter.
1 95 Signed the "Mea Culpa too" statement in support of Bp. Righter.
0 95 "Signed Peter Lee's compromise of the C004sa
1 95 Voted for C004sa to empower women's ministries in all Sees.
96 Signed letter condemning all gays as promiscuous as Penthouse said.
97 Voted to endorse the Kuala Lumpur Statement
97 Voted to insist on women's ministries in every diocese.
97 Voted to oppose homosexuality at Lambeth
98 Signed "Declaration" to disassociate from Bishop Spong's Call for a New Reformation