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As soon as District Parochial Church is erected, &c., Patronage to be vested in Incumbents.
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XXI. That so soon as such District Parochial Church shall be erected or appropriated and set apart for Divine Worship, the Incumbent of the Parish or the Incumbents of the several Parishes from which the said District shall be taken shall be the true and only Patron or Patrons of the said Church, and the Right of Presentation or Nomination thereto shall be from thenceforth for ever vested in such Incumbent or Incumbents, and his and their Successors for ever; and in the Case of any District formed of Portions of Two or more Parishes the Bishop of the Diocese or the Bishops of the several Dioceses shall, and he and they are hereby required, by the Instrument aforesaid, to regulate and determine the Manner in which each of such Incumbents shall, on Vacancies of the said Chapelry, nominate to the said Bishop, and also to appoint which of the Incumbents shall first nominate, and the Order in which the several Incumbents of such adjacent Parishes shall, in their Turn, nominate such Curate; and such Incumbent, or the Incumbents whose Turn it shall be, shall from Time to Time nominate and appoint a sufficient Curate for every such Chapelry, who shall be approved of and licensed by the Bishop of the Diocese, or Bishop having Jurisdiction over the said District, and who shall thenceforward constantly perform Divine Service in the said District Parochial Church or Chapel whereunto he shall be nominated and licensed as aforesaid.
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