{"id":8575,"date":"2008-09-20T21:59:57","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T21:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/doing_the_math_only_56_tec_diocesans_vote_to_depose_bishop_duncan\/"},"modified":"2008-09-20T21:59:57","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T21:59:57","slug":"doing_the_math_only_56_tec_diocesans_vote_to_depose_bishop_duncan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=8575","title":{"rendered":"Doing the math: only 56 TEC diocesans vote to depose Bishop Duncan"},"content":{"rendered":"

I posted much of the following information in the entry below with the Excel spreadsheet of how the bishops voted on the question of deposing Bishop Duncan. Kendall has requested I make this a stand alone entry to ensure it gets visibility. –elfgirl<\/i>
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In working on putting the roll call vote data into spreadsheet format, and adding in information about absent diocesan bishops, and reviewing the total number of eligible bishops, etc. I made several startling discoveries.<\/p>\n

1. If I correctly understand Louie Crew’s House of Bishops data<\/a>, there were 290 TOTAL bishops that were entitled to vote at the HoB meeting. Only 127 bishops attended the HoB meeting, not even 50% of eligible bishops.<\/p>\n

2. ONLY 56 TEC diocesan bishops (or “acting” diocesans, see note below) — representing exactly 50% of the 112 TEC dioceses — voted YES to depose Duncan. In the remaining 56 dioceses, the diocesan bishop either voted No, abstained, was absent, or the see of the diocese was vacant. The breakdown is as follows:<\/p>\n

29 Diocesans \/ Acting Diocesans Voted NO
\n4 Abstained
\n17 diocesans were absent (TEC only counted 15 as absent, I’m not sure why there is a discrepancy)
\n(among the absent diocesans are at least 4 who would almost certainly have voted No (Ackerman, Iker, Duncan, Wimberly)<\/p>\n

6 sees are vacant with no acting bishop (including PA since Bennison is inhibited and couldn’t vote)<\/p>\n

Among “Acting Diocesans,” I’ve counted Lamb (San Joaquin), Frey (Rio Grande), MacDonald (Navajo), Buchanan (S. Virginia) all of whom attended the meeting.<\/p>\n

3. Finally, something else is very striking. A few dioceses had extraordinary clout<\/b> in the vote. A mere 6 dioceses (Los Angeles, New York, Washington, Connecticut, Chicago, North Carolina and Maine) accounted for 21 of the 88 YES votes (nearly 1\/4 of the total Yes votes). Wow.<\/p>\n

Comments and questions welcomed, but I’ll be traveling for 2 days and will not be able to reply quickly. –elfgirl<\/p>\n

You’ll find all the details in the revised spreadsheet here:
\nhttps:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/t19\/media\/Duncan_Deposition_Vote_(rev).xls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I posted much of the following information in the entry below with the Excel spreadsheet of how the bishops voted on the question of deposing Bishop Duncan. Kendall has requested I make this a stand alone entry to ensure it…<\/span><\/p>\n

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