Report of the Constitution and Canons Committee

The Committee on Canons proposed no amendments to the Constitution and one amendment to Canons of the Diocese of Ohio.

Three Canonical and no Constitutional changes were submitted by committees and clergy of the diocese.  

Language proposed for elimination is denoted by a strike-through. New language proposed is denoted by bold-face type and underlined.

As required by our Constitution and Canons, changes to the Constitution of the diocese must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the clerical and lay delegates voting by orders (see Article X of the Constitution).

Proposed changes to the Canons require a simple majority vote of the clerical and lay delegates voting as a single house (see Title IV. Canon 3 of the Canons).

Respectfully submitted,

The Rev. Alan C. James, Staff Liaison and Convenor, Bishop’s Staff
The Rev. Dustin Berg, St. Mark’s, Canton
The Rev. Dr. J. Paul Board, St. Paul’s Church, Maumee
The Rev. Vanessa Clark, St. James Church, Painesville
Ms. Jane Freeman, St. Paul’s Church, Akron
Ms. Rebecca Roth, Trinity Church, Toledo
The Rev. Helen Svoboda-Barber, Harcourt Parish, Gambier
The Hon. William F. B. Vodrey, St. Paul’s Church, Cleveland Heights

The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr., ex-officio
Mr. William Powel, III, Esq., ex-officio