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| Welsh Church Act 1914 | |
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| United Kingdom Parliament | |
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| Long title: | An Act to terminate the establishment of the Church of England in Wales and Monmouthshire... |
| Statute book chapter: | 1914 c.91 |
| Territorial extent: | England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland |
| Dates | |
| Date of Royal Assent: | 18 September 1914 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amendments: | Welsh Church (Temporalities) Act 1919, Welsh Church (Amendment) Act 1938 |
| Status: Substantially amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Official text of the statute as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database | |
The Welsh Church Act 1914 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom under which the Welsh part of the Church of England was separated and disestablished. The Act was a controversial measure, and was passed by the House of Commons under the provisions of the Parliament Act 1911.
G. K. Chesterton famously ridiculed the passion that the Bill aroused when he asked Are they clinging to their crosses F.E. Smith? in his poem Antichrist, or the Reunion of Christendom: An Ode. The Bill was also politically and historically significant because it applied solely to Wales, despite the country's incorporation into the wider legal entity England and Wales.1
Owing to the intervention of the First World War, the Act did not come into force until 31 March 1920, when the Welsh part of the Church of England become the Church in Wales, an independent province of the Anglican Communion, with six dioceses led by the Archbishop of Wales.
Notes
- ^ Jenkins, P. (1992) A History of Modern Wales 1536-1990. Harlow: Longman
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