| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend an Act made in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled “An Act to empower the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Archbishop of York for the Time being to consecrate to the Office of a Bishop Persons being Subjects or Citizens of Countries out of His Majesty’s Dominions.” |
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| Citation | 5 Vict. c. 6 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 5 October 1841 |
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Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text 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.
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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.
