Rt Rev. David Bowman. Retired Bishop of Western New York and Assistant Bishop of Ohio.

Rt. Rev. David Bowman.
Retired Bishop of Western New York and Assistant Bishop of Ohio.

David Bowman
Retired Bishop of Western New York and Assistant Bishop of Ohio
3289 Grenway Road
Cleveland, OH 44122
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Fax:
dcbowman@wowway.com
http://www.dohio.org/

Province: 5

Succession #: 811
To be consecrated in 1986
Bp of WNY 87-00. Assistant Bp of Ohio 2003-. Born: 11/15/32 at Oil City PA

Education:
55 Ohio
60 VTS BD

Ordained deacon: 6/60 Ordained priest: 12/60
Marriage: 6/30/62 . Children: 3 . Spouse: Nancy

Assignment when elected: Trinity Toledo. R. Size of parish: 2

Law on homosexuality in OH +

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

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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
NA 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).
94 Signed the Province 7 Statement
1 94 Signed Bishop Spong's Statement of Koinonia
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.
0 97 Voted to endorse the Kuala Lumpur Statement
1 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
1 98 Signed A Pastoral Statement to Lesbian and Gay Anglicans from Some Member Bishops of the Lambeth Conference
1 01 Signed a statement supporting Bishop Jane Dixon regarding her actions in Accokeek
  02 Signed Complaint to Bishop William Smalley (Kansas) who planned to bless unions other than marriage