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#622 consecrated in 1967
Ret Bp of Eas 83-. Bp-in-res S Andr 84-.
Born: 6/11/1916, Mt Pleasant SC
Coll Charleston BA 37. GTS STB 40, STD 67. U So DD 67. VTS LHD 80. S Aug
Coll LHD 89.
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Ordained deacon: 6/40, Priest: 5/41
Marriage: 24 Jul 41 Florence Muirhead Porcher c3.
Assignment when elected: Size of Parish. Rank of size: .
Current interim body membership:
Legislative committee at the 97 General Convention:
Law on homosexuality in SC: 1
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). | |
| 1 | 94 | Signed the Province 7 Statement |
| 0 | 94 | Signed Bishop Spong's Statement of Koinonia |
| 1 | 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. | |
| 1 | 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 |