| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Acte for nominacion and consecracyon of Suffragans wythin this Realme.[2] |
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| Citation | 26 Hen. 8. c. 14 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 December 1534 |
| Other legislation | |
| Relates to | Suffragan Bishops Act 1898 |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 (26 Hen. 8. c. 14) is an Act of the Parliament of England that authorised the appointment of suffragan (i.e., assistant) bishops in England and Wales. The tradition of appointing suffragans named after a town in the diocese other than the town the diocesan bishop is named after can be dated from this act.
The act named Thetford, Ipswich, Colchester, Dover, Guildford, Southampton, Taunton, Shaftesbury, Molton, Marlborough, Bedford, Leicester, Gloucester, Shrewsbury, Bristol, Penrydd,[3] Bridgwater, Nottingham, Grantham, Hull, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Penrith, Berwick-upon-Tweed, St Germans and the Isle of Wight[4][5] as specific suitable suffragan sees.
This act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.[6]
The repeal by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 of section 2 of the Act of Supremacy (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1) (1558) does not affect the continued operation, so far as unrepealed, of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534.[7]
| Suffragan Bishops Act 1898 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to explain the Act as to Suffragan Bishops. |
| Citation | 61 & 62 Vict. c. 11 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 1 July 1898 |
| Commencement | 1 July 1898 |
| Other legislation | |
| Relates to | Suffragan Bishops Act 1898 |
Status: Current legislation | |
| Text of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1898 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
Since 1898, notwithstanding anything contained in the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 it has been lawful to nominate, present and appoint as suffragan bishop persons already consecrated as a bishop and, in that case, the letters patent presenting them do not require their consecration.[8] The Dioceses Measure 1978 concerns petitions to make appointments under this act.[9] Until 1898, men already in episcopal orders were sometimes made assistant bishops instead.
- ^ The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
- ^ Parish of Penrhudd in Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Wales and Monmouthshire: VII – County of Pembroke (Google Books)
- ^ Bray, Gerald, 2004. Documents of the English Reformation. ISBN 0-227-17239-6. p.115.
- ^ The Suffragan Bishops Act 1534, as amended, from Legislation.gov.uk.
- ^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part I. p. 44, read with pages viii and x.
- ^ The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969, section 4(2)
- ^ The Suffragan Bishops Act 1898, section 1
- ^ [of the .http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1978/1/section/18 section 18(1) legislation.gov.uk]