Bishoprics Act 1878

SCHEDULE Proposals for New Bishoprics

I.—Bishopric of Liverpool

1 The bishop to be Bishop of Liverpool.

2 The diocese to consist of the West Derby hundred of the county of Lancaster, with the exception -of so much of the said hundred as is now in the diocese of Manchester, and to include the whole of the ancient parish of Wigan.

3 Such church at Liverpool as may be determined by the Order of Her Majesty in Council, subject to the rights of the patron and incumbent of such church, to be the cathedral church.

4 Subject to the rights enjoyed by any person at the passing of this Act, there shall be transferred to the endowment fund of the bishopric of Liverpool such portion of the endowment or income of the bishopric of Chester as would, if no deduction were made for first-fruits and tenths, yield a net annual sum of three hundred pounds, but such transfer shall be subject to the payment by the Bishop of Liverpool of a proportionate part of the first-fruits and tenths payable by the Bishop of Chester.

5 The bishop to be subject to the metropolitan jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York.

II.—Bishopric of Newcastle

1 The bishop to be Bishop of Newcastle.

2 The diocese to consist of the county of Northumberland, and the counties of the towns of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed, and to include such detached parts of any other county as are under any Act of Parliament deemed to form part of the county of Northumberland, or have been or can be transferred to the county of Northumberland by the justices in general or quarter sessions assembled, and to include also the ancient common law parish of Alston with its chapelries in the county of Cumberland.

3 The parish church of Saint Nicholas at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, subject to the rights of the patron and incumbent of such church, to be the cathedral church.

4 Subject to the rights enjoyed by any person at the passing of this Act, there shall be transferred to the endowment fund of the bishopric of Newcastle such portion of the endowment or income of the bishopric of Durham as would, if no deduction were made for first-fruits and tenths, yield a net annual sum of one thousand pounds, but such transfer shall be subject to the payment by the Bishop of Newcastle of a proportionate part of the first-fruits and tenths payable by the Bishop of Durham.

5 The bishop to be subject to the metropolitan jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York.

III.—Bishopric of Southwell

1 The bishop to be Bishop of Southwell.

2 The diocese to consist of the counties of Derby and Nottingham.

3 The parish and collegiate church of Southwell, subject to the rights of the patron and incumbent of such church, to be the cathedral church.

4 Subject to the rights enjoyed by any person at the passing of this Act, there shall be transferred to the endowment fund of the bishopric of Southwell such portion of the endowment or income of the bishopric of Lincoln as would, if no deduction were made for first-fruits and tenths, yield a net annual sum of five hundred pounds, but such transfer shall be subject to the payment by the Bishop of Southwell of a proportionate part of the first-fruits and tenths payable by the Bishop of Lincoln.

Subject to the rights enjoyed by any person at the passing of this Act, there shall be transferred to the endowment fund of the bishopric of Southwell such portion of the endowment or income of the bishopric of Lichfield as would, if no deduction were made for first-fruits and tenths, yield a net annual sum of three hundred pounds, but such transfer shall be subject to the payment by the Bishop of Southwell of a proportionate part of the first-fruits and tenths payable by the Bishop of Lichfield.

5 The bishop to be subject to the metropolitan jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

IV.—Bishopric of Wakefield

1 The bishop to be Bishop of Wakefield.

2 The diocese to consist of that part of the diocese of the bishopric of Ripon which lies southward of the northern boundaries of the ancient common law parishes of Halifax, Birstal, Batley, West Ardsley, East Ardsley, and Wakefield, or of so much of that part as may be determined by the Order of Her Majesty in Council, and for the purpose of re-arranging the boundary between such diocese and the diocese of the archbishopric of York, the Order of Her Majesty in Council (on the recommendation of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, made, unless the see happens to be vacant, with, the assent of the archbishop) may include in the diocese of the new bishopric any ecclesiastical parish or parishes situate in the diocese of York, and may transfer to the diocese of York any ecclesiastical parish or parishes situate in the above-mentioned part of the diocese of the bishopric of Ripon.

3 Such church at Wakefield as may be determined by the Order of Her Majesty in Council, subject to the rights of the patron and incumbent of such church, to be the cathedral church.

4 Subject to the rights enjoyed by any person at the passing of this Act, there shall be transferred to the endowment fund of the bishopric of Wakefield such portion of the endowment or income of the bishopric of Ripon as would, if no deduction were made for first-fruits and tenths, yield a net annual sum of three hundred pounds, but such transfer shall be subject to the payment by the bishop of the new bishopric of a proportionate part of the first-fruits and tenths payable by the Bishop of Ripon.

5 The bishop to be subject to the metropolitan jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York.