Bishops in Foreign Countries Act 1841

United Kingdom legislation

Short Titles Act 1896
Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890
Colonial Clergy Act 1874
Statute Law Revision Act 1874 (No. 2)

Repealed by

Status: Amended

Text of statute as originally enactedText of the Bishops in Foreign Countries Act 1841 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Bishops in Foreign Countries Act 1841 (5 Vict. c. 6) is an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to enable the United Church of England and Ireland to create bishops overseas.

The Act authorised the consecration of a bishop for a foreign country who need not be a subject of the British crown nor take the oaths of allegiance or of supremacy, while, on the other hand, the clergy ordained by him would have no right to officiate in England or Ireland.^[2]

The need for the act arose after the English Church and government agreed to consent to the establishment of the Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem.^[2]

The Act received royal assent on 5 October 1841 and remains, as of 2008^[update], largely in force.

References

^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
^ ^a ^b Meyer (1914)

Bibliography

Doe, N. (1996). The Legal Framework of the Church of England: A Critical Study in a Comparative Context. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. p.171. ISBN 0-19-826220-5. (Google Books)
Meyer, P. (1914) "Jerusalem, Anglican-German Bishopric in", Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge

External links

Text of the Bishops in Foreign Countries Act 1841 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

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