Rivera, Victor Manuel. San Joaquin

Died 2005

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Thu, 30 Oct 1916 12:28:39 EDT

Victor Manuel Rivera
Retired Bishop of San Joaquin
845 Solano Drive
Lafayette, CA 94549

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#635 consecrated in 1968
Ret Bp of SJ 89-.
Born: 10/30/1916, Penuelas PR

Modrn Bus Coll PR 37. DuBose Memi Ch Trng Sch 38. CDSP BD 44, DD 65. S
Aug Coll Engl 57.
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Ordained deacon: 6/43, Priest: 9/44
Marriage: 23 Dec 44 Barbara Ross Lamb (Deceased, April 2005) 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 CA: +

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
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.
1 91 Signed the conservative "Irenaeus Resolution."
1 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
1 98 Signed "Declaration" to disassociate from Bishop Spong's Call for a New Reformation