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.
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to alter and amend the Laws relating to the Temporalities of the Church in Ireland. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 37 |
| Territorial extent | Ireland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 14 August 1833 |
Provisions
editThe 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
edit- ^ 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
edit- "Church Temporalities Act, 1833". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
References
edit- ^ "Statute Law Revision Act 2007, Schedule 1". Irish Statute Book. pp. Schedule 1, Part 4. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Index: Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ Boyd Hilton, A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People? England. 1783-1846 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006), p. 468.
External links
edit- "Church Temporalities Act, 1833". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 21 November 2014.