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Bishop to exercise Jurisdiction over District, Incumbent, &c.
Incumbent to be subject to no Bishop but that of his Diocese.
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XXII. That the Bishop of the Diocese under whose Episcopal Jurisdiction such Parochial District and Incumbent or Perpetual Curate shall be placed, or in whose Diocese the entire of such District shall be locally situate, shall and may have, use, and exercise all Ecclesiastical and Spiritual Jurisdiction, Powers, and Authorities in and over such District, and the Incumbent or Perpetual Curate and Inhabitants thereof, and, in the former Case, in the same Manner, and as fully and to the same Extent, as if the entire of the said District had been erected and formed out of Parishes locally situate within such Diocese; and the said District shall, for the Purposes aforesaid, be deemed and taken to be within the Limits of such Diocese: Provided always, that nothing herein-contained shall render the Incumbent of any Parish a Portion whereof shall be included in such District, or the Emoluments, Rents, or Tithe Rentcharge of such his Benefice, subject to the Jurisdiction of any Bishop, save the Bishop in whose Diocese his Benefice shall be situate, or prejudice or affect his Rights, Privileges, or Liabilities further or otherwise than the same would have been prejudiced or affected in case such District had been formed exclusively out of his Parish.
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