The House of Bishops is the third House in a

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of some Anglican churches and the second house in the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.General Convention, Episcopal Church in the United States of America

Composition of Houses of Bishops

The composition of a House of Bishops varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Typically, they consist of

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s and/or

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s, diocesan bishops and sometimes

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and

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bishops (who may, in turn, be elected as a fixed number, as happens in the

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). Houses of Bishops of

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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

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References

External links

House of Bishops and Deputies email list
from the USA
Pastoral letters from the House of Bishops of the American Episcopal Church
from

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Composition of Houses of Bishops

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