Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Identifikator:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

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Title:: Part VII. The Church in the dominions

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1426 THE CHURCH IN THE DOMINIONS [PART vil part of the letters patent which gave the bishop the power of summoning witnesses and examining them on oath, on the advice of the Law Officers new letters patent were issued in 1849 omitting the power to summon witnesses, the power to examine on oath, the express mention of jurisdic- tion, and the express power to punish by suspension, depri- vation, or otherwise, and only authorizing the bishop to visit the clergy, to call them before him, and to inquire as to their morals and behaviour in their office and stations. This question being settled thus, the bishopric of Australia was divided in 1847 into four bishoprics, Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, and Adelaide, metropolitan powers over these dioceses as well as Tasmania being given to the Bishop of Sydney, and in all these dioceses the ecclesiastical powers were reduced to those of visitation. The diocese of Adelaide covered South and Western Australia. In 1856 a bishopric was created at Perth, in 1859 one at Brisbane which coin- cided with the newly separated Colony of Queensland, and in 1863 one at Goulburn, in all these cases powers of visita- tion only being given.! In New South Wales an Act, 8 Will. IV. No. 5, ss. 19, 20, invested the bishop with the power of licensing clergy and withdrawing their licences upon cause being shown, and this Act clearly was in force in Queensland, since it was passed before the separation of the Colonies. The Legislature of Victoria, by an Act of 1854 (No. 19), enabled the bishops, clergy, and laity of any Victorian diocese to meet in synod and make regulations for the enforcement of discipline. In Tasmania similar provisions were made by a local Act of 1859. 22 Vict. No. 20, which enabled the bishop to examine ! After the recognition of the new state of affairs, more bishoprics were created in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and Western Australia, but there is only one bishopric both in Tasmania and South Australia, while the Northern Territory was part from 1900 of the diocese of Carpentaria. In 1866 New South Wales adopted a constitution (see 7 C. L. R. 393), and 1868 and 1872 saw the example followed by Queensland and Western Australia. In 1872 a general synod of dioceses in Australia was agreed on, and remodelled in 1896. Since 1903 there have been three archbishops, the primate being elected by the bishops; see Year Book of Australia (1908), pp. 442 seq.

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