Died 5/28/99
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Province: 9
#568 consecrated in 1960
Ret Bp of DR 72-.
Born: 4/11/1910, Carlisle PA
Pr BA 31. GTS STD 60. UTS MDiv 34.
. . Ivy League Graduate
Ordained deacon: 5/34, Priest: 12/34
Marriage: 7 Sep 33 Helen Burhans Foote 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 DE:
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:
| 79 | Voted "Not appropriate to ordain." | |
| 79 | "*" means signed to dissent from the vote not to ordain. | |
| 88 | Signed the General Synod Resolution (C of E). | |
| 90 | Voted to Disassociate from the Diocese of Newark. | |
| 91 | Signed the conservative "Irenaeus Resolution." | |
| 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 |