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 churchinIreland.[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. |
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Citation | 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 37 |
Territorial extent | Ireland |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 14 August 1833 |
The 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.