Wood, Stewart. Michigan

#833 (StewWood@aol.com)
Thu, 25 Jun 1934 12:28:39 EDT

Stewart Wood
Retired Bishop of Michigan
255 Robert Frost Lane
P. O. Box 968
Quechee, VT 05059 - 0968

StewWood@aol.com
Province (canonically): 5
Province (residencially): 1

#833 consecrated in 1988
Bp of Mich 90-00.
Born: 6/25/1934, Detroit MI

Dart AB 56. VTS MDiv, BD 59. Ball St U MA 73.
. . Ivy League Graduate

Ordained deacon: 6/59, Priest: 12/59
Marriage: 25 Jun 55 Kristin Lie Miller c3.

Assignment when elected: St. John's, Memphis. R. Size of Parish. 8
Rank of size: .25

Current interim body membership: The Standing Commission on the
Structure of the Church
Legislative committee at the 97 General Convention: Social and Urban.
Miscellaneous Resolutions (Chair).

Law on homosexuality in MI: 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:
17,870 communicants in 1995, Rank: 32
21,385 communicants in 1996. Rank: 26

Median Congregation: 267
Average Congregation: 252
Number of congregations with 1,000+ members: 11

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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."
ne 79 "*" means signed to dissent from the vote not to ordain.
ne 88 Signed the General Synod Resolution (C of E).
0 90 Voted to Disassociate from the Diocese of Newark.
91 Signed the conservative "Irenaeus Resolution."
0 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.
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)
103Attended the consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop of NH, Nov. 2

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