Belshaw, Mellick. New Jersey

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Thu, 14 Jul 1928 12:28:39 EDT

George Phelps Mellick Belshaw
Retired Bishop of New Jersey
15 Boudinot
Princeton, NJ, 08540

gpmbelshaw@aol.com
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Province: 2

#702 consecrated in 1975
Ret Bp of NJ 95-.
Born: 7/14/1928, Plainfield NJ

U So BA 51, DD 94. GTS STB 54, Fell & Tutor 57-59, STM 59, DD 75. Fell
CP 68.
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Ordained deacon: 6/54, Priest: 12/54
Marriage: 12 Jun 54 Elizabeth Wheeler c3.

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

Service on interim bodies in 2006-2009 triennium: Board of Trustees of the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church

Law on homosexuality in NJ: +

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:

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How votedYrThe Issue
1=Yes
0=No
blank=not known
ne=Not eligible
99 e.g. Actions in green are votes that if 'yes' are favorable to lesbigays
Actions in red are votes that if 'yes' are unfavorable to lesbigays
Actions in black are votes that are neutral to lesbigays

Voting Record
1 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).
0 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
0 94 Signed Bishop Spong's Statement of Koinonia
0 95 Signed the Presentment Against Walter Righter.
95 Signed the "Mea Culpa too" statement in support of Bp. Righter.
95 "Signed Peter Lee's compromise of the C004sa
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
103Attended the consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop of NH, Nov. 2

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