General Synod Approves of Election by Diocese 'The General Synod of the Church of England in Canada, at its meeting held in Montreal on' September 15, gave formal approval to the resolution that the Diocese of Honan should be in a position to elect its own Bishop and recommended that the Synod of the Diocese should entrust the election to the House of Bishops of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hei, The full resolution reads:
1. That the General Synod of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui having unanimously passed a resolution expressing the opinion that the Diocese ff Honan would be in a position to elect its own Bishop (or entrust such election to the House of Bishops) in accordance with the Canons of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui, This General Synod of the Church of Eng-Jand in Canada concurs in this resolution and agrees that the Diocese of Honan should proceed to act in this matter according to the Canons of their Church, under the advice of their metropotitical authorities, 2. Further. that this General Synod recommends to the Synod of the Dio-case of Honan that the election should be entrusted to the House of Bishops of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui, 3. And further, that such Bishops may be elected whether of Chie nese or Canadian nationality, should be required to render allegiance only to the metropolitical authority of the Church in China
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