Decision Number 1505

Decision

Paragraph 49.3 of The Discipline is a constitutional provision that restricts the transfer of an assigned bishop unless the bishop shall have served one quadrennium in the jurisdiction that elected them as bishop. Paragraph 407 relates to the original assignment of a bishop following a specially called jurisdictional conference that conducts an election for that purpose, and does not govern subsequent transfers of bishops following that assignment. Judicial Council Decision 1501 stands. 

May 3, 2024