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Irish Act, 11 & 12 G. S. c. 16.
Churches or Chapels may be erected by Archbishops or Bishops in Districts consisting of contiguous Portions of Parishes.
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XXIII. And Whereas by the said Act passed in the Parliament of Ireland in the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for erecting Parochial Chapels of Ease in Parishes of large Extent, and making such Chapels, and those that are already erected, Perpetual Cures; and for making a proper Provision for the Maintenance of Perpetual Curates to officiate in the same, and also in like Manner for making Appropriate Parishes Perpetual Cures, it is enacted, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the several Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, and their Successors, to erect or cause to be erected new Churches or Chapels in convenient Places within such Parishes, as to the said Archbishops and Bishops respectively shall seem proper: And Whereas many Parishes in Ireland are not sufficiently large, severally and separately, to support Chapels of Ease;’ Be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful for the several Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, and their Successors, within their respective Dioceses, to erect or cause to be erected new Churches or Chapels in convenient Places within Districts to be respectively formed from contiguous Portions of Two or more adjoining Parishes, as to the said Archbishops and Bishops respectively, and to their Successors, shall seem proper, in manner hereinafter directed.
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