Congé d'élire
A congé d'élire (cathedral church of a diocese, authorizing them to elect a bishop or archbishop, as the case may be, upon the vacancy of any episcopal see in England.[1]
History
The necessity of royal confirmation of the election of a bishop in
ring and crozier, was previously claimed on the basis of the Croyland Chronicle credited to the abbot Ingulf;[2]
this is, however, now known to be a much later forgery.
Disputes arose for the first time between the crown of England and the
King John, by his charter Ut liberae sunt electiones totius Angliae (1214), granted that the bishops should be elected freely by the deans and chapters of the cathedral churches, provided the royal permission was first asked, and the royal assent was required after the election.[5]
This arrangement was confirmed by subsequent statutes passed in the reigns of
London Gazette within a few days of issue. The dean and chapter are thereupon bound to elect the person so named by the crown within twelve days, in default of which the crown is empowered by the statute to nominate by letters patent such person as it may think fit to the vacant bishopric. Upon the return of the election of the new bishop, the metropolitan is required by the crown to examine and to confirm the election, and the metropolitan's confirmation gives to the election its canonical completeness.[3] In case of a vacancy in the metropolitical sees of Canterbury or York, an episcopal commission is appointed by the guardians of the spiritualities of the vacant see to confirm the election of the new metropolitan.[5]
These royal commissioners are usually headed by the other archbishop.
At one time
See also
References
Footnotes
- ^ Baynes (1878); Corèdon (2007), p. 83; Chisholm (1911), p. 912.
- ^ Baynes (1878); Chisholm (1911), pp. 912–913.
- ^ a b c Baynes (1878).
- ^ Corèdon (2007), p. 83.
- ^ a b Baynes (1878); Chisholm (1911), p. 913.
- ^ Chisholm (1911), p. 913.
Bibliography
- Baynes, Thomas S., ed. (1878). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 265.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Congé d'Élire". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 912–913.
- Corèdon, Christopher (2007). A Dictionary of Medieval Terms & Phrases. Woodbridge, England: D. S. Brewer. ISBN 978-1-84384-138-8.
