d) Beginning with the 2000 Jurisdictional Conference, those elected to the office of bishop shall have a term of 12 years. Bishops whose terms of office expire prior to the term of compulsory retirement because of age and who are not reelected by the Jurisdictional Conference shall be returned to membership as traveling elders in the Annual Conference (or its successor) of which they ceased to be a member when elected bishop. Their term of office shall expire at the close of the Jurisdictional Conference at which their successor is elected, and they shall be entitled to participate as a bishop in the consecration of their successors. The credentials of office as bishop shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Jurisdictional Conference, who shall make thereon the notation that the bishop has honorably completed his/her term of service for which elected and has ceased to be a bishop of The United Methodist Church.
e) A bishop elected prior to 2000 upon retirement shall be entitled to the following status and emoluments, prospectively and from the time of adoption of this provision: (1) has the right to use the title "bishop"; (2) has the right to attend sessions of the Council of Bishops; (3) has the right to have expenses paid for attendance at sessions of the Council of Bishops; (4) has the right to be seated among the bishops and retired bishops on the platform of the General Conference; and (5) has the right to have expenses paid for attendance at sessions of the General Conference.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 20854-CO-506.2-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference