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The Governing Body of the Church in Wales is the deliberative and legislative body of the Church in Wales, broadly speaking equivalent to the General Synod of the Church of England. The Governing Body usually meets twice each year to receive reports, discuss issues concerning the church and make decisions on matters brought before it.
The Welsh Church Act 1914 [1] is an Act of Parliament under which the Church of England was separated and disestablished in Wales and Monmouthshire, leading to the creation of the Church in Wales. The Act had long been demanded by the Nonconformist community in Wales , which composed the majority of the population and which resented paying ...
"The Anglican Church in Wales took the first steps towards allowing clergy to celebrate same sex marriage in its churches when more than half its Governing Body voted in favour of the move." [72] In the 2016 results, 52% of the Governing Body voted in favour of allowing same-sex marriages in church. [73] "Members of the Church in Wales ...
The Church in Wales, unlike the Irish Church, had formed part of the Church of England since the Middle Ages. The four Welsh dioceses formed an integral part of the Province of Canterbury; the Welsh dioceses extended beyond the England-Wales border; some parishes in Wales formed part of English dioceses; and some parishes straddled the boundary ...
In 2009, the Governing Body debated and accepted Private Members' Motion (No 09/13), which requested that the Church in Wales take steps to bring the church's marriage regulations into line with those of the Church of England. [1] The Marriage (Wales) Bill was drafted by the Governing Body of the Church in Wales and brought forward into ...
The Welsh Church (Temporalities) Act 1919 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was made to provide for a grant to be made from the Treasury to enable the Welsh Church Commissioners to carry out their task and to set a date for the implementation of the disestablishment of the Church in Wales from the Church of England mandated by the Welsh Church Act 1914.
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The Welsh Church (Burial Grounds) Act 1945 (8 & 9 Geo. 6.c. 27) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The act relates to burial grounds in Wales that were intended to be transferred from the Church of England to Welsh local authorities following the separation of the Church in Wales from the Church of England, its independence, and its simultaneous disestablishment.