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This form is used when a vacancy arises in a benefice, and starts the process under which a new incumbent is appointed. The Bishop gives notice to the “designated officer”, who in Norwich is the Diocesan Secretary, and copies the notice to the Diocesan Registrar.
- Meaning of The Term.
- Remuneration of Clergy.
- Provisions Affecting Benefices.
- Appointment to A Benefice.
- Rights of A Benefice.
- Tenure.
Benefice (beneficium ecclesiasticum) is a termwhich includes two meanings: the spiritual, relatingto the ecclesiastical duties attached to it; and thetemporal, relating to the income and other worldlyadvantages of the office. The latter is more strictly the meaning of the word, though the connectionof the two was early recognized in the phrasebenef...
Historically in the primitive Church all the property of a diocese formed one whole, administered by the bishop; its purpose was primarily the support of the poor�bishop and clergy lived as belonging to that class, and were supposed, ifthey had no private means, to support themselves by their own labors. Those who had no othermeans of support recei...
The intimate connection between officium andbeneficium is shown by a review of the provisionsaffecting benefices. They are divided into regularand secular, according as they are served by monastic or secular clergy; into beneficia curata, those to which the cure of souls is attached, and non curata, such as those of chaplains,canons of cathedrals, ...
The appointment to a benefice (provisio, institutio canonica) includes the choice of the person (designatio) and the conferring of the benefice (collatio, concessio, institutio in the narrower sense). Thedesignation to the greater benefices(bishoprics and the like) is sometimesby election, sometimes by nominationof the sovereign; to the lesser, byt...
The rights and duties connected with a beneficeare partly matters of universal law, partly specialto the particular case. The incumbent has a rightto the usufruct of any property belonging to thebenefice, tithes, fees, oblations, etc.All this is his absolutely; but theview that he ought only to use somuch of it as will suffice for his support, devo...
A benefice is supposed to be conferred for life,and is normally vacated only by the death of theincumbent, but it may be vacated earlier by resignation, either express or tacit. Resignation cannot be arbitrary with the incumbent, as he has byhis acceptance of it incurred certain obligationsfrom which he must be released�bishops by thepope, the lowe...
The Patron of a benefice has the right to present a priest for admission to a vacant benefice and will thus be involved in the appointment process. If it is proposed to create a mega parish or mega benefice then it is likely that the rights of individual patrons will be diluted (because they will.
The holder of a benefice is not the owner of the foundation from which he derives his support; he occupies in reference to it the position of a tutor or guardian who must defend its interests. His chief duty is to maintain it as a perpetual means of support for ministers of religion.
The Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 and Patronage (Benefices) Rules 1987 set out the procedure to be followed for selecting a new incumbent when a benefice becomes vacant.
When it is known that a benefice is about to become vacant, the Archdeacon will contact the PCC Secretary and/or the Churchwardens and arrange to visit the PCC to discuss the process of appointing a new Parish Priest, and the Archdeacon will normally be accompanied at this meeting by the Rural Dean.
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Suspension of presentation means the temporary removal of the right of a patron to present an incumbent for appointment to a benefice. The Bishop remains responsible for the cure of souls during the suspension, which he will normally exercise by the appointment of a priest in charge.
