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                <text>The Revival of Suffragan Bishops in the 19th Century</text>
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                <text>Although the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 provided for the appointment of suffragan bishops, none were appointed between 1592 and 1870.</text>
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            <text>&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;Christophorus, permissione divinâ, Episcopus Lincolniensis, venerabili confratri nostro Domino Henrico, Dei gratiâ Nottinghamiæ nostræ Diœceseos Suffraganeo, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;De tuâ fidelitate et circumspectionis industriâ plenam fiduciam habentes, tibi tenore præsentium committimus vices nostras, et plenam in Domino potestatem, ad Confirmationem baptizatis administrandam infra Diœcesim nostram et jurisdictionem, necnon ad consecranda Ecclesias novas ædificatas, et Cœmeteria mortuis sepeliendis assignanda, et ad ordines sacros conferendos, cæteraque omnia et singula quæ ad officium tuum pertinent perficienda, teque quoad præmissa Suffraganeum nostrum ordinamus per præsentes, donec eas ad nos duxerimus revocandas. Et ut officium tuum hujusmodi possis in præmissis liberius exercere, universis et singulis Decanis, Rectoribus, Vicariis, Capellanis, Curatis et non Curatis, et Clericis quibuscunque in virtute sacræ obedientiæ firmiter tenore præsentium injungendo mandamus, quatenus tibi in præmissis et quolibet præmissorum sint obedientes, assistentes, et intendentes in omnibus, prout decet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;In cujus rei testimonium sigillum nostrum præsentibus est appensum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;Datum in Maneiro nostro de Riseholme juxta Lincolniam, in Festo Purificationis, anno Millesimo Octingentesimo Septuagesimo, et Consecrationis nostræ primo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align:right;"&gt;(Signed) &lt;em&gt;C. Lincoln.&lt;/em&gt; [L. S.]&lt;/div&gt;</text>
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            <text>&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TRANSLATION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christopher by Divine Permission Bishop of Lincoln, to our venerable brother in Christ Henry by the Grace of God Suffragan Bishop of Nottingham in our Diocese, greeting and brotherly love in the Lord:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;Having full confidence in your faithfulness and diligent care, we hereby commit to you by these Presents our authority and full power in the Lord to administer Confirmation to the baptized within our Diocese and jurisdiction, and also to consecrate newly built churches and to assign cemeteries for burying the dead, and to confer Holy Orders, and to perform all other matters and duties that pertain to your office. We hereby appoint you as our Suffragan for the aforesaid purposes by these presents, until we shall decide to recall this commission.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;And that you may more freely exercise this your office in the aforesaid matters, we do by virtue of Holy Obedience firmly command through these Presents all and every Dean, Rector, Vicar, Chaplain, beneficed and unbeneficed clergy, and all other clergy whatsoever, that they shall be obedient, assisting, and attentive to you in the aforesaid matters and in each of them, as is fitting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;In testimony whereof we have affixed Our seal to these presents.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;Given at our Manor of Riseholme near Lincoln, on the Feast of Purification, in the year One thousand eight hundred and seventy, and in the first year of our consecration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align:right;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;C. Lincoln.&lt;/em&gt; [L. S.]&lt;/div&gt;</text>
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              <text>Legal Instrument - Bishop of Lincoln's Commission to the Suffragan Bishop of Nottingham [1870-02-02]</text>
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              <text>Commission  of the Bishop of Lincoln for the Suffragan Bishop of Nottingham. </text>
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              <text>Christopher Wordsworth (Bishop of Lincoln)</text>
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              <text>&lt;span class="highlight"&gt;&lt;span&gt;"Suffragan Bishops," &lt;em&gt;House of Commons Papers&lt;/em&gt;, LIV.213 (1870): 4.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</text>
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              <text>&lt;a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/236"&gt;Letters Patent appointing the Bishop of Nottingham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Hen8/26/14/section/I"&gt;Suffragan Bishops Act 1534&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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