Walker, Orris G.. Long Island

#826 ((owalker@dioceseli.org))
Thu, 5 Nov 1942 12:28:39 EDT

Orris G. Walker
Bishop of Long Island
36 Cathedral Av
Garden City, NY, 11530

owalker@dioceseli.org
www.dioceselongisland.org

Email address for the diocese: nancy@dioceselongisland.org
Voice: 1516-248-4800
Fax: 1516-248-1616

Province: 2

#826 consecrated in 1988
Bp of LI 91-.
Born: 11/5/1942, Baltimore MD

U MD BA 64. GTS STB 68, DD 88. Fell U So 70. Drew U DMin 80. U Windsor
MA 84. Ya DS DCL 88. GTF MBA 93.
Earned Doctorate. . Ivy League Graduate

Ordained deacon: 6/68, Priest: 5/69
Marriage: 12 Jun 71 Norma Eloy (McKinney) Dixon c2.

Assignment when elected: St. Matthew's & St. Joseph's, Detroit. R.
Size of Parish. 5 Rank of size: .37

Service on interim bodies in 2006-2009 triennium: Executive Council Committee on Social Responsibility in Investments

Law on homosexuality in NY: +

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:
42,810 communicants in 1995, Rank: 05
42,835 communicants in 1996. Rank: 5

Median Congregation: 188
Average Congregation: 259
Number of congregations with 1,000+ members: 8

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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
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."
1 91 Voted for the Frey resolution (via Howe).
0 94 Signed the Province 7 Statement
1 94 Signed Bishop Spong's Statement of Koinonia
0 95 Signed the Presentment Against Walter Righter.
1 95 Signed the "Mea Culpa too" statement in support of Bp. Righter.
0 95 "Signed Peter Lee's compromise of the C004sa
1 95 Voted for C004sa to empower women's ministries in all Sees.
0 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 00 Voted for Blessing of Same-Gender Unions to be added to Book of Occasional Services (8th resolve to D039)
1 00 Recognizing and affirming fidelity in relationships outside (D039)
1 00 Signed the Religious Declaration on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing
1 01 Signed a statement supporting Bishop Jane Dixon regarding her actions in Accokeek
103 Consented to the consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire
0 03Voted to Endorse Certain Historic Anglican Doctrines and Policies -- Bishop Ackerman's resolution at GC 2003
103Attended the consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop of NH, Nov. 2

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