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Show IEPlSCOPALfAMS ARE FJCIGflPIOBLEi Proposal to Group Dioceses in Provinces or Synods Is Recommended. OPPOSITION IS HEARD ;ow Church Delegates Say It Is Step Toward American Amer-ican Pope. 'SEW YORK, Oct. 14. One of the forming for-ming bodies the house of deputies of ho Protestant Episcopal church of Amcr-:a Amcr-:a voted today at the triennial general Dnventlon of the church to group the loceBo into provinces or synods, eight i number, after the customs thut pro-ail pro-ail in the Episcopal church in England, b bocome effective thia proposed legls-.tlon legls-.tlon must rocoive the concurrence of le house of bishops. Protests against udoptlng the change ere made on the floor of the convention, hrcc years ago a commission was ap-ilr.ted ap-ilr.ted to consider It and today an af-niative af-niative report -was presonted. ould Remain Out. If the canon is enacted as proposed, ch group of dloccse.s and missions will lvo its own provincial council to the re of which will be committed mainly ibjects of missions, religious education id local problems. Any diocese would ive the privilege of remaining out of o province to which it is assigned, but is not considered likely that any diocese juld take such a step. A second section of tho commission's port was adopted, reading: "For tho purposes of tho provinces, dlo-ses dlo-ses and missionary districts Khali havo nodical rights and privileges." Other sections of the roport ore to be naldercd tomorrow, ishops in Session. 1 Ihe house of bishops in executive sea-in sea-in today declined to adopt two rccom-indatlons rccom-indatlons presented by a commission pointed three years ago to consider ho relation of the army and navy chap-jis chap-jis to the church." One recommenda-m recommenda-m suggested placing the army and navy a separate diocese under a bishop and e other that the army and navy chap-as chap-as should be under the Jurisdiction of committee of three bishops, including e bishop of Washington aa chairman. Many of the low church delogates op-sed op-sed tho change on the ground that it is a step in the direction of arch-jhops arch-jhops and "an American pope." The liort provides for eight provinces or sy-ds sy-ds In which the various dioceses and sslonary districts of the church shall grouped, according to their geographl-1 geographl-1 location. Each of these provinces iuld be governed by a council composed two houses. At Us head would be a esident, and in genoral the method of ministration would be similar to that w in force for tho entire body of tho church as exercised at the triennial convention. con-vention. Tho proposed division of dioceses Into provinces was as follows: First provlnce Dioceses within the New England states. Second province States of New York und Now Jersey and missionary district of Porto Rico. Third province States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia Vir-ginia and the dloceso of Washington. Fourth province Dioceses and missionary mission-ary districts within North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Mis-sissippi, Louisiana. Tennessee and Kentucky. Ken-tucky. Fifth province Dioceses In Ohio, Indiana. In-diana. Illinois. Michigan and Wisconsin. Sixth province Dioceses and missionary mission-ary districts in Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota. Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. Seventh province Dioceses and mls slonary districts In Missouri Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Mex-ico. Eighth province DIocesos and missionary mission-ary districts In Idaho, Utah, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii and Philippine Islands. |