House_of_Bishops

House of Bishops

House of Bishops

Anglican religious governing assembly

For House of Bishops of the Church of England, see House of Bishops (Church of England).

The House of Bishops is the third House in a General Synod of some Anglican churches[1] and the second house in the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.[2]

Composition of Houses of Bishops

The composition of a House of Bishops varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Typically, they consist of archbishops and/or Primates, diocesan bishops and sometimes suffragan and coadjutor bishops (who may, in turn, be elected as a fixed number, as happens in the Church of England). Houses of Bishops of Anglican Communion provinces are typically chaired by the Primate, Archbishop, or Presiding Bishop of the province, while in some provincial subdivisions of a Communion province, a House of Bishops is chaired by a provincial metropolitan.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    E.g. see House of Bishops, Church of England, General Synod, Anglican Church of Australia Archived 2007-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    General Convention, Episcopal Church in the United States of America Archived 2009-08-05 at the Wayback Machine


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