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London, England, 1851-05-21 00:00:00

'ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL.

A BILL AS AMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE TO PREVENT
THE ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES
IN RESPECT OF PLACES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Whereas divers of her Majesty's Roman Catholic
subjects have assumed to themselves the titles of
archbishop and bishops of a pretended province, and
of pretended sees or dioceses, within the United
Kingdom, under colour of an alleged authority given
to them for that purpose by a certain brief, re-
script, or letters apostolical from the Sea of Rome,
purporting to have been given at Rome on the 29th of
September, 1850: And whereas by the Act of the 10th
George IV., c. 7, after reciting that the Protestant
Episcopal Church of England Ireland, and the doctrine,
discipline, and government thereof, and likewise the
Protestant Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and the
doctrine, discipline, and government thereof, were by
the respective Acts of Union of England and Scotland,
and of Great Britain and Ireland, established perma-
nently and inviolably, and that the right and title of
arbishops to their respective province, of bishop to their
sees, and of deans to their deaneries, as in England
in Ireland, had been settled and established by law, as
y t
was enacted that if any person, after the commencement
of that Act, other than the person thereunto authorised et
by law, should assume or use the name, style,i or titleshopri ofc, or
archbishop of any province, bishop of any b
dean of any deanery, in England or
should for every such offence forfeit lreland, he
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one
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the assumption of the title of archbishop
pretended province or diocese, or 1019 or bishop of a
a city, place, or territory, or 9 deanarchbishop or bishop of
deanery in England or Ireland, of any pretended
pro-
vince, or diocese of any not being the
.sea,
deanery of any dean recognised archbishop or bishop, or
at-
tempt to establish, under by law; but the
See of Rome
or,
otherwise,
colour of authority from the
or dioceses ordeaneries
such. pretended sees, pro-
vinces,eaneries is illegal and !old: Anidl
whereas it is expedient to prohibit the. assumption of such
titles in respect of
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d by the
Queen's most excellent'Majest , byanandewnitli the advice
and consent of the Lords spiyritual and temporal, and
Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by
the authority of the same, That—
I. The said brief; rescript, or letters apostolical, and
all and every the jurisdiction, authority, pre-eminence,
or title conferred or pretended to be conferred thereby,
are and shall be and be deemed unlawful and void.
H. And be it enacted, that if, after the passing of
this Act, any person other than a person thereunto au-
thorised by law in respect of an, archbishopric, bi-
shopric, or deanery of the United Church of England
and Ireland assume or use the name, style, or title of
archbishop, bishop, or dean of any city, town, or place,
or of any territory or district (under
Kingdom,
any designation or,
description whatsoever), in the United
—lngdom, whether
such city, town, or such territory or district, be or be
not the see of the province, or no-extensive with
the province of any archbishop, or the gee or the die.