FUTURE BISHOPS
DECISION OF SY.NOD
STRONG OPPOSITION
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) HAMILTON, This Day. Strong opposition to a measure passed by the General Synod providing for a change in the method of appointing Bishops was expressed at the Waikato Diocesan Synod.
The measure provided for the setting up of an electoral college consisting of three . Bishops, two other clergy, and two laymen, whose duty it would be to select future Bishops.
Under the present system the Bishop of a diocese is selected by the Diocesan Synod concerned. The Bishops in office are then asked to confirm the appointment.
Canon J. L. A. Kyall said that the proposal aimed at creating a form of autocracy. He was opposed to Synod delegating its powers to another body.
Bishop Cherrington considered that the measure was invalid.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1935, Page 10
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