Walmsley, Arthur E.. Connecticut

#736 (a_walmsley@conknet.com )
Thu, 4 May 1928 12:28:39 EDT

Rt. Rev. Arthur E. Walmsley
Retired Bishop of Connecticut
644 Old Country Road
Deering, NH 03244
Telephone:
Fax:

a_walmsley@conknet.com
http://www.ctdiocese.org/

Province: 1

#736 consecrated in 1979
Ret Bp of Ct 93-.
Born: 5/4/1928, New Bedford MA

Trin BA 48, DD 82. ETS MDiv 51. NE Coll DHmnts 72. Berk DD 80.
Phi Beta Kappa

Ordained deacon: 6/51, Priest: 5/52
Marriage: 29 Dec 54 Roberta Brown Chapin c2.

Assignment when elected: Size of Parish. Rank of size: .

Current interim body membership: Committee on Sexual Exploitation; The
Court of Trial of a Bishop; The General Board of Examining
Chaplains
Legislative committee at the 97 General Convention:

Law on homosexuality in NH: +

Law:
'+' = No sodomy law
1 = Sodomy is a felony for lbs & straights
2 = Sodomy is a misdemeanor for lbgs & straights
3 = Sodomy is a felony, but only for lbgs
4 = Sodomy is a misdemeanor, but only for lbgs

Statistics for Diocesan bishops:
N/A communicants in 1995, Rank: N/A
communicants in 1996. Rank:

Median Congregation:
Average Congregation:
Number of congregations with 1,000+ members:

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How votedYrThe Issue
1=Yes
0=No
blank=not known
ne=Not eligible
99 e.g. Actions in green are votes that if 'yes' are favorable to lesbigays
Actions in red are votes that if 'yes' are unfavorable to lesbigays
Actions in black are votes that are neutral to lesbigays

Voting Record
ne 79 Voted "Not appropriate to ordain."
79 "*" means signed to dissent from the vote not to ordain.
0 88 Signed the General Synod Resolution (C of E).
0 90 Voted to Disassociate from the Diocese of Newark.
91 Signed the conservative "Irenaeus Resolution."
0 91 Voted for the Frey resolution (via Howe).
0 94 Signed the Province 7 Statement
1 94 Signed Bishop Spong's Statement of Koinonia
0 95 Signed the Presentment Against Walter Righter.
95 Signed the "Mea Culpa too" statement in support of Bp. Righter.
0 95 "Signed Peter Lee's compromise of the C004sa
1 95 Voted for C004sa to empower women's ministries in all Sees.
96 Signed letter condemning all gays as promiscuous as Penthouse said.
97 Voted to endorse the Kuala Lumpur Statement
1 97 Voted to insist on women's ministries in every diocese.
97 Voted to oppose homosexuality at Lambeth
98 Signed "Declaration" to disassociate from Bishop Spong's Call for a New Reformation
0 03Voted to Endorse Certain Historic Anglican Doctrines and Policies -- Bishop Ackerman's resolution at GC 2003
103Attended the consecration of Gene Robinson as Bishop of NH, Nov. 2

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