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Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840

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XXIIIFoundation of Honorary Canonries.

And whereas it is expedient that all Bishops should be empowered to confer Distinctions of Honour upon deserving Clergymen ; be it enacted, That Honorary Canonries shall be hereby founded in every Cathedral Church in England in which there are not already founded any Non-residentiary Prebends, Dignities, or Offices ; and the Holders of such Canonries shall be styled Honorary Canons, and shall be entitled to Stalls, and to take Rank in the Cathedral Church next after the Canons, and shall be subject to such Regulations respecting the Mode of their Appointment, and otherwise, as shall be determined on by the Authority herein-after provided, with the Consent of the Chapters of the said Cathedral Churches respectively; and the Number of such Honorary Canonries hereby founded in each Cathedral Church shall be Twenty-four; and it shall be lawful for the Archbishops and Bishops respectively, if they shall think fit, from Time to Time, to appoint Spiritual Persons to such Honorary Canonries ; provided that not more than Eight of such Honorary Canons shall be appointed in any Diocese within the Year next after the passing of this Act, nor more than Two in any subsequent Year, except in the Case of the Vacancy of any Honorary Canonry by Death, Resignation, or otherwise; provided also, that no Emolument whatever, nor any Place in the Chapter of any Cathedral Church, shall be taken or held by any Honorary Canon in virtue of his Appointment as such Canon.

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