Bishops in Foreign Countries Act 1841

Bishops in Foreign Countries Act 1841
Date of Royal Assent	5 October 1841
Summary
Enables the Church of England to create bishops overseas.
Status: In force

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 Church of England to create bishops overseas.

Background

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.^[1]

The Act

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.^[1]

The Act received the Royal assent on 5 October 1841 and remains, as of 2008, largely in force.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 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 the UK Statute Law Database

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