Church Temporalities Act 1833

Church Temporalities Act 1833
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to alter and amend the Laws relating to the Temporalities of the Church in Ireland.
Citation3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 37
Territorial extent Ireland
Dates
Royal assent14 August 1833

The Church Temporalities Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 37), sometimes called the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833,[n 1] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which undertook a major reorganisation of the Church of Ireland, then the established church in Ireland.[3] The Act suppressed ten bishoprics and merged the corresponding dioceses, with effect from the next vacancy.

Provisions

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The Act provided for merging of dioceses and provinces of the Church of Ireland, and the elimination of Vestry Assessment (church rates or "parish cess"), a cause of grievance in the Tithe War, although disturbance persisted until the Tithe Commutation Act 1838.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ The short title in the Republic of Ireland is Church Temporalities Act 1833, assigned by the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.[1] The description "Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833" was used in Hansard.[2] The long title is "An Act to alter and amend the Laws relating to the Temporalities of the Church in Ireland."

Sources

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  • "Church Temporalities Act, 1833". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

References

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  1. ^ "Statute Law Revision Act 2007, Schedule 1". Irish Statute Book. pp. Schedule 1, Part 4. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Index: Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  3. ^ Boyd Hilton, A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People? England. 1783-1846 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006), p. 468.
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