Downs, Sturdie. Nicaragua

#793 ((no email))
Thu, 5 May 1947 12:28:39 EDT

Sturdie Downs
Bishop of Nicaragua
Diocesan Office
Apartado 1207
Managua, ,
Nicaragua

Voice: 011-505-225-174
Fax: 011-505-2-26701

Province:

#793 consecrated in 1985
Bp of Nic 85-.
Born: 5/5/1947, Corn Is Nic

Instituto Nac Cristobal Colon Bachillerato. Inst Intrnatl Est Superiores
Comunidad Teol.
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Ordained deacon: 4/76, Priest: 10/79
Marriage: 1) 1 Dec 73 c3; 2) 2 Jul 88 Isolina del Socorro Romero
Gonzalez.

Assignment when elected: Non-parochial. No assignment listed. Size
of Parish. Rank of size: .n/a

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

Law on homosexuality in :

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).
0 90 Voted to Disassociate from the Diocese of Newark.
0 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.
0 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.
0 96 Signed letter condemning all gays as promiscuous as Penthouse said.
97 Voted to endorse the Kuala Lumpur Statement
0 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