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In some Church of England dioceses, the title Prebendary is used instead of Canon when the cleric is involved administratively with a cathedral. Canons may be members of the diocesan or bishop's staff rather than the cathedral staff, such as in the United States Episcopal Church , where a diocese's "Canon to the Ordinary" is a senior priest who ...
The Episcopal Church in crisis: How sex, the bible, and authority are dividing the faithful (Greenwood, 2008). Painter, Bordon W. "The Vestry in Colonial New England." Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 44#4 (1975): 381–408. in JSTOR; Prichard, Robert W., ed. Readings from the History of the Episcopal Church. (1986).
The Dennis Canon is a common (though unofficial and unfavored) name used for Title I.7.4 (as presently numbered) of the Canons of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (also called The Episcopal Church, or TEC). The Canon seeks to impose a trust in favor of the Episcopal Church, on property held by a local group of Episcopal ...
The Episcopal Church (TEC), officially the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), [5] is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, based in the United States. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is Sean W. Rowe. [6]
Each of the autonomous member churches of the communion, however, does have a canonical system. Some, such as the Church of England, has an ancient, highly developed canon law while others, such as the Episcopal Church in the United States have more recently developed canonical systems originally based on the English canon law.
The General Convention is the primary governing and legislative body of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.With the exception of the Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Constitution and Canons, it is the ultimate authority in the Episcopal Church, being the bureaucratic facility through which the collegial function of the episcopate is exercised.
Canons are often styled as The Reverend Canon when ordained, or simply The Canon Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Mx when laity. Deans are usually styled as The Very Reverend. Archdeacons are usually styled as The Venerable (The Ven). Priors of monasteries may be styled as The Very Reverend. Abbots of monasteries may be styled as The Right Reverend. [9]
The Episcopal Church requires in its Canon 16 that the election procedure and the candidate who is elected be subjected to review and must be consented to by the national church. No objections were raised to the procedure of the election.