The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-03
OF
THE TRANSFER

I'LL IIIUlVul LII
I'm the April number of the Diocesan
Magazine Bishop Willis publishes
much concerning the transfer of the
jurisdiction of the church. Among
other things he publishes Bishop
Clark's letter approving the steps
taken for the transfer OF the church
and the acceptance of his resignation
of this see by the Archbishop of Can
terbury His own letter of resignation
of the see rs not published.
Bishop 1larks letter is as follows:
Bishops House, Providence, r. J.,
February a. 1902.
My Dear Lord Bishop:
I have received your letter of the
18th instant and also the copy of the
official Journal of the Diocesan synod
held i'm December last.
I wish very much that ] might be
present in person when the Church i'm
Hawaii comes into union with the Am
erican Branch of the Anglican Com
munion, but ] am nearly ninety years
| old and too feeble to undertake the
! journey.
! our House Of Bishops meets i'm Coun-
eli i'm Cincinnati, Ohio, in the month of
! April, when any matters pertaining to
| the transfer will be considered and
acted upon.
So far as I am informed. ! fully APP
prove Of the steps taken i'm the trans
ifeG up to this date, and trust that
|peaCe and harmony may attend all de-
alterations relating to this matter, and
that the blessing of God may be with
the Hawaiian Church in all coming
time.
1t must be in many respects a trial
to you to relinquish your duties there,
but there is a higher Hand which con-
trolls our destinies.
with my best wishes, I am affection
ately, your brother in Christ,
THOMAS NJ. CLARK,
Presiding Bishop.
The acceptance of the resignation is
as follows:
To all Christian people whom it may
concern. Greeting: 1 hereby certify
that a letter of resignation of the
BishOpric of Honolulu, under the hand
OF the Right Reverend Alfred Willis,
D. D., Bishop of the Church of England
in the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands
and all other the dominions of His
Majesty the King of Hawaii, styled
Bishop of Honolulu, dated the seven
teenth day of December, one thousand
nine hundred and one, such resignation
to take effect on the first day of April,
one thousand nine hundred and two,
was this day duly deposited and re-
7 gistered in the Principal Registry of
the Province of Canterbury.
And that the Rt. Honorable and
Most Reverend Frederick, Lord Arch.
bishop of Canterbury, Primate of al
England, and Metropolitan did on the
thrty-first day of January, one thou.
sand nine hundred and two, sign his
acceptance of the same, and that tn,
said letter of resignation and the sale
acceptance are duly registered i'm thi'
the office of His Grace's Vicar General
Dated the twentieth day of February
n nf M
nine hundred and two.
HARRY w. LEE,
Principal Registrar of the Province o
Canterbury.
Whereas, Under or by virtue Of tn
Act . Victoria, Chapter 6, her lat
Majesty Queen Victoria, by Warran
under Her Royal Signet and Sigl
Manual dated the 9th of November
one thousand eight hundred and seven
ty-one, authorized and empowered tn
Archbishop of Canterbury to COnseCrat
the Reverend Alfred Willis, NJ. A., t
be Bishop of the Church of Euglan
in the Hawaiian or Sandwich Island
and all other Dominions of His Majest
the King of Hawaii; and he was dull.
cOnseCrated and has been styled BishO
Of Honolulu
And Whereas, The said Islands hav
now been incorporated as territory o
the United States of America whereof,
y ion established in the United States o
} America extends to all members o
- that branch residing in the Hawaiian
Islands.
And Whereas, The said Right Rever
end Alfred Willis has signfed to Us
in writing, dated seventeenth Deem
Der, one thousand nine hundred anC
one, that in pursuance of an arrange
ment entered into at the recent Gen,
eral Convention of the Protestant Epis
copal Church in the United States OF
America, held at San Francisco, he haC
undertaken to resign his See of Homo
i lulu after the Diocesan Synod of the
" Anglican Church in Hawaii had giver
effect to a Resolution adopted by the
' Synod i'm 1899, and on promise by tn,
Bishops to cOnseCrate, as soon as prac
ticable, a Bishop for the said Hawaiian
Islands which are to become, on the
- first April, one thousand nine hundred
; and two, a Missionary District of tn,
/ Protestant Episcopal Church of Ameri
ca, and thereby rendered Us his resig
- nation of the See Of Honolulu, to which
he was so as aforesaid consecrated il
1872 such resignation to take effect OF
the first day of April one Thousand
nine hundred and two.
Now, We, Frederick, by Divine Provi
dence Archbishop of Canterbury, d.
hereby accept the resignation of thu