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Church Temporalities Act 1833

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The Church Temporalities Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4 c. 37), sometimes called the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833, 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 church in Ireland. The Act suppressed ten bishoprics and merged the corresponding dioceses, with effect from the next vacancy.

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The act provider for merging of dioceses and provinces of the Church of Ireland, and the elimination of Vestry Assessment or "parish cess", a cause of grievance in the Tithe War, although disturbance persisted until the Tithe Commutation Act 1838.

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Church Temporalities Act 1833 Wikipedia