12. Bishop and to the General *Secretary of the Board of Management. Thereupon if the objection be sustained, proceedings shall be taken with a view to the choice of another person to fill the office of Bishop. 13. Should no objection be made within the period specified, or, after the objection made should the same not be sustained by the said Court, the Primate shall, with all con venient speed, proceed to the consecration of the chosen Bishop, if necessary, and to that end shall summon two or more of the Bishops in the Dominion of Canada to assist him in such consecration, and it shall be the duty of such Bishops to attend at such time and place as the Primate shall appoint, and to assist in the consecration of the said chosen Bishop. 14. Before proceeding to consecrate, the Primate shall cause to be read in the church where the consecration is to be held a formal duly attested certificate of the choice of the said person to the office of Bishop, and that no Canonical impediment to his consecration exists, which shall thereupon be given to the Registrar for records, and it shall be the duty of the Registrar to keep a book of record of all consecrations under this Canon. 15. No Bishop who shall have made any Canonical objection as aforesaid shall be required to take part in such consecration, and if the Primate shall have made such objection the Senior Archbishop or Bishop, not having so objected, shall perform the duties of the Primatę referred to in this Canon. 16. The following objections shall be considered Canonical, and none others: (a) That the person elected is not fully thirty years of age. (b) That he is not a Priest in Holy Orders of the Church of England in Canada, or of some branch of the Church in full communion therewith. (c) That he is deficient in learning. (d) That he has either directly or indirectly secured, or attempted to secure, the office by improper means. (e) That he is guilty of any other crime or immorality. That he teaches or holds, or has within five years previous to the date of his choice taught or held anything contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England in Canada. 17. The chosen Bishop shall, previous to his consecration, subscribe a declaration of submission to the Canons of the General Synod in the following form: *Amended, pages 51, 144, Journal Seventh Session, 1915. do willingly "I.. subscribe to and declare that I assent to and abide by the Constitution, Canons, rules and regulations, which have been or shall be from time to time passed by the General Synod of the Church of England in Canada." 'I ... do swear that I will pay true and canonical obedience to the Primate of all Canada, and to his successors in such Primacy as my Metropolitan in all legal and honest commands. SO HELP ME GOD." 18. The said declaration and oath shall be filed with the Registrar, whose duty it shall be to record and keep the same. 19. In case there shall be no Primate, or in case he shall be incapable of performing or unwilling to perform the duties in this Canon assigned to him, these duties shall be performed by the Senior Archbishop, and in case of his absence or incapacity by the next Archbishop or Bishop in seniority, and so forth. 20. Notice of every such consecration having taken place shall be sent by the Primate or senior Archbishop or Bishop, to the Metropolitans of Canterbury and York, the Primate of all Ireland, the Primus of Scotland, the Metropolitan of South Africa, the presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, the Primate of Australia, the Bishop of Newfoundland and to the Bishop of any other Diocese in communion with the Church of England in Canada that the Primate or Senior Archbishop or Bishop shall deem proper. 21. Any Bishop chosen and consecrated under this Canon shall be entitled to a seat on the Board of Management of the M.S.C.C. It shall not be lawful for him to accept election to the office of Bishop or Bishop Coadjutor or Assistant Bishop in any Diocese in the Dominion of Canada within five years from the date of his election. 22. The Board of Management with the concurrence of the House of Bishops shall have power at their discretion to transfer a Missionary Bishop from one Missionary Diocese to another, and, with a like concurrence of the House of Bishops, in case of the permanent disability of any Bishop, to declare his Diocese vacant. 23. The Bishop of every Missionary Diocese chosen and consecrated under this Canon shall be a member of the Board of Management of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada, and shall be entitled to appoint two representatives (one Clerical and one Lay) of his Diocese on the said Board, to be nominated, chosen and appointed either by himself or according to any rules and regulations of his Council or other representative Board of his Diocese, to the adoption of which he shall hereafter assent. 24. The Bishop of every Missionary Diocese shall exercise his Episcopal functions in his Diocese in conformity with the Constitution and Canons of the General Synod, so far as they can be made applicable to the conditions of his Diocese, and under such regulations and instructions not inconsistent therewith as are now in force, with the sanction of the Board of Management, or as the House of Bishops may from time to time prescribe. 25. Every Missionary Bishop shall report annually to the Primate his official acts and the state and condition of the Church within his Diocese, and also a similar report shall be sent by the Missionary Bishop to the General *Secretary of the Board of Management, for submission to the Board of Management at its next ensuing meeting. Every such report shall state the amount (if any) contributed in each year by the said Missionary Diocese. for Episcopal support and other Diocesan purposes. 26. There shall be annually appointed a Council composed of Clergymen and other Communicants within the Diocese who have attained the age of twenty-three years, who shall hold office until their successors be appointed. One-half of the members of the Council shall be annually appointed by the Bishop and the other half elected by the Missionaries (men and women) of the Diocese. The said Council shall act as advisers to the Bishop in the administration of the Diocese, and shall perform such duties as they shall be charged with by the Bishop.f 27. All regulations and resolutions of the said Council which are of general application within the Diocese shall be forthwith transmitted to the Primate, to be by him laid before the next ensuing meeting of the Board of Management, and the same shall be of no force or effect after three months from the date of such meeting unless approved of thereat. Every Missionary Bishop shall keep a record of all his official acts, which record shall be the property of the Diocese and be transmitted to his successor. 29. Every Missionary Bishop shall nominate a Commissary on whom shall devolve the charge of the Diocese d ring the absence of the Bishop therefrom or on any voidance of the See, until the consecration of a successor therein. *Amended, pages 51, 144, Journal Seventh Session, 1915. A certificate of the appointment of such Commissary under the hand and seal of the Bishop shall be furnished to the Primate. and duly recorded by the Registrar. 30. Any Bishop elected or consecrated in Canada to a Missionary Diocese or Jurisdiction outside of Canada, before the passing of this Canon, shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges and be subject to the same liabilities and duties and the said Constitutions, Canons, regulations and instructions as if elected or consecrated after the passing thereof. 31. In the event of any Missionary Diocese forming part of a duly organized National Church in communion with the Church of England in Canada, Sections numbered 26, 27 and 29 shall not refer to any matter exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Diocesan Synod or Conference.* CANON X. DEGREES IN DIVINITY (Enacted Session VI, Journal pp. 68 and 134) Whereas it is deemed expedient that there should be a uniform standard of preparation and examination for Divinity Degrees throughout the Canadian Church; Upon the following Church Universities and Theological Colleges, viz.: The University of King's College, Windsor; the University of Bishop's College Lennoxville; the University of Trinity College, Toronto; Huron College, London; Diocesan Theological College, Montreal; Wycliffe College, Toronto; St. John's College, Winnipeg; the University of Emmanuel College, Saskatoon; the Anglican Theological College of British Columbia, ††Vancouver;St. Chad's College, Regina; voluntarily agreeing to accept the conditions hereinafter following for the regulation of Divinity Degrees within the jurisdiction of the General Synod of Canada: The General Synod enacts as follows: *Amended, pages 140, 149, Journal Seventh Session, 1915. Amended, pages 143,144, Journal Seventh Session, 1915. ††Amended, page 177, Journal Ninth Session, 1921. Amended, page 71, Journal Seventh Session, 1915. I. BOARD OF EXAMINERS A Board of Examiners for Divinity Degrees and for a Preliminary Examination for Holy Orders within the jurisdiction of the General Synod shall be appointed as follows, viz.:-One representative from each of the Universities and Colleges already named, to wit: The University of King's College, The University of Bishop's College, The University of Trinity College, Huron College, Montreal Diocesan College, Wycliffe College, St. John's College, The University of *Emmanuel College, St. Chad's College, Regina,† the Anglican Theological College of British Columbia.tt The representative shall in every case be a resident member of the regular teaching staff of the University or College which he represents. In the unavoidable absence of any duly appointed representative from any meeting of the Board, the University or College which also appointed such representative may send a substitute (who shall also be a resident member of the teaching staff of an associated University or Colege), provided that not more than one proxy shall be held by the members of any one University or College. 2. The Upper House shall at each session of the General Synod appoint one of their number, who shall be chairman of the Board of Examiners. The Board shall have authority to appoint a Vice-Chairman, to act in the absence of the Chairman, a Secretary and such other officers as may be required; also to make such regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Canon, and to alter and amend such regulations from time to time. 3. It shall be the duty of the Board to send to the Secretaries of the General Synod at least one month before each regular session of the Synod, a report for its information, embodying any regulations or amendments thereto made by the Board, the officers appointed and the results of all examinations held from time to time. 4. The Board of Examiners shall have power to appoint other persons to assist them in the work of examinations, from a list of names furnished by the Universities and Colleges, provided that every such examiner shall have taken a degree in course in Arts or in Divinity. *Amended, pages 143, 144, Journal Seventh Session, 1915. †Amended, page 71, Journal Seventh Session; 1915. ††Amendee page 177 Journal Ninth Session, 1921. |