Article 13: AMENDMENTS

September 19, 2023

SECTION 1. The Articles of Incorporation and Constitution may be amended, taken from, added to or the Corporation dissolved as follows:

(a) By presenting a resolution in writing setting forth in full the proposed amendment or act of dissolution, and adopted by a two-thirds (2/3rds) vote at two (2) consecutive annual meetings of the Convention;

(b) The second of such meetings shall be a quorum present composed of two-thirds (2/3rds) of the clergy entitled to membership and vote, and two-thirds (2/3rds) of the lay members entitled to membership and vote, and provided that two-thirds (2/3rds) of the parishes in union with the Convention shall be represented by lay members.

SECTION 2. The same vote provided in Section 1 shall be required or the division of the Diocese or creation of a new Diocese, or creation of a new Diocese outside of the existing Diocese, or merger with any other Diocese.

SECTION 3. Grammatical, spelling and/or punctuation changes which do not fundamentally change the meaning of a Constitutional Article or Canon may be made by the Constitution and Canons Committee, with the approval of the Bishop and the Diocesan Council, without the approval of the Convention. Such changes shall be included in the next version of the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese of Western Louisiana when subsequently published.

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