House of Bishops

E4200

ecclesiastical body legislative body

The House of Bishops is one of the two legislative bodies of the Episcopal Church’s General Convention, composed of all its bishops who deliberate and vote on church policy and governance.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
House of Bishops canonical	12
House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church	3
House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (United States)	3
House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church	2
Bishop’s Council	1
House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (through its bishop)	1
House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (via its bishop)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecclesiastical body ⓘ legislative body ⓘ
canConcurIn	legislation from the House of Deputies ⓘ
canInitiate	legislation for the General Convention ⓘ
churchPolity	episcopal polity ⓘ
composedOf	all bishops of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
decisionMakingMode	deliberation and voting ⓘ
denomination	Episcopal Church ⓘ surface form: Episcopal Church (United States)
elects	Presiding Bishop ⓘ surface form: Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church some bishops of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church
exercisesPowerWith	House of Deputies ⓘ surface form: House of Deputies (Episcopal Church)
governs	discipline of the Episcopal Church ⓘ mission of the Episcopal Church ⓘ policy of the Episcopal Church ⓘ worship of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	disciplinary matters involving bishops ⓘ doctrinal statements of the Episcopal Church (subject to General Convention) ⓘ
hasCoLegislativeBody	House of Deputies ⓘ surface form: House of Deputies (Episcopal Church)
hasOfficialName	House of Bishops self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasRole	deliberative body ⓘ legislative authority in the Episcopal Church ⓘ
hasVotingMembers	active bishops ⓘ retired bishops (subject to canons) ⓘ
includesMemberType	assistant bishops ⓘ bishops with jurisdiction ⓘ bishops without jurisdiction ⓘ coadjutor bishops ⓘ diocesan bishops ⓘ missionary bishops ⓘ resigned bishops ⓘ retired bishops ⓘ suffragan bishops ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf	General Convention of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
mayMeet	interim meetings between General Conventions ⓘ
meetsAt	sessions of the General Convention ⓘ
meetsFrequency	every three years at General Convention ⓘ
partOf	General Convention of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
presidingOfficer	Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
primaryFunction	to legislate for the Episcopal Church ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition	Anglicanism ⓘ
scopeOfJurisdiction	entire Episcopal Church ⓘ
secondaryFunction	to provide pastoral leadership to the Episcopal Church ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	religious organization ⓘ
usesParliamentaryProcedure	rules adopted by the General Convention ⓘ
votingSystem	one vote per bishop ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Convention → hasChamber → House of Bishops ⓘ

TEC → hasHouse → House of Bishops ⓘ

subject surface form: The Episcopal Church

ECUSA → governanceBody → House of Bishops ⓘ

House of Deputies → hasSisterOrganization → House of Bishops ⓘ

House of Deputies → meetsConcurrentlyWith → House of Bishops ⓘ

Province of Overseas Churches → governingBody → House of Bishops ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church

House of Bishops → hasOfficialName → House of Bishops self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: House of Bishops (Episcopal Church)

Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church → governsBody → House of Bishops ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church

Presiding Bishop → memberOf → House of Bishops ⓘ

subject surface form: Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church

this entity surface form: House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church

Michael Bruce Curry → memberOf → House of Bishops ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church

Diocese of the Dominican Republic → isOverseenBy → House of Bishops ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (United States)

Diocese of London → governedBy → House of Bishops ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bishop’s Council

President of the House of Deputies → associatedWithBody → House of Bishops ⓘ

Vice President of the House of Deputies → associatedWithBody → House of Bishops ⓘ

General Convention of the Episcopal Church → hasChamber → House of Bishops ⓘ

General Convention of the Episcopal Church → hasHouse → House of Bishops ⓘ

General Synod → hasPart → House of Bishops ⓘ

Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island → isMemberOf → House of Bishops ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (through its bishop)

Bishop in Charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe → memberOf → House of Bishops ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church

Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang → memberOf → House of Bishops ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (United States)

Episcopal Diocese of Washington → isMemberOf → House of Bishops ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (via its bishop)

Diocese of Central Florida → isPartOfOrganization → House of Bishops ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (United States)

House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church → hasOfficialName → House of Bishops ⓘ