Letters Patent - Appointing the Bishop of Sodor and Man [2017-06-15]

Elizabeth.....................................................................................................................Faith
To the Most Reverend Our right trusty and well beloved Counsellor John Tucker Mugabi by Divine Providence Lord Archbishop of York Primate of England and Metropolitan Greeting Whereas the Bishopric of the Isle of Man and Sodor and of Sodor and Man is now vacant by the resignation of the Right Reverend Robert Mar Erskine Paterson lately Bishop thereof Now Know Ye that We having great confidence in the learning morals probity and prudence of Our beloved in Christ Peter Andrew Eagles Clerk in Holy Orders Bachelor of Arts Master of Theology Deputy Chaplain-General of Our Land Forces and Archdeacon for Our Army and Honorary Canon of Our Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Salisbury have thought fit to name present and appoint and do by these Our Letters name present and appoint him the said Peter Andrew Eagles to be Bishop of the said Bishopric and See of the Isle of Man and Sodor and of Sodor of Man in the room of the said Robert Mar Erskine Paterson so that he the said Peter Andrew Eagles shall be and be taken to be Bishop of the Bishop’s See of the Isle of Man and Sodor and of Sodor of Man and may by virtue of this Our nomination presentation and appointment enter into and possess the said Bishop’s See and be Bishop thereof And We do hereby require and strictly command you the said John Tucker Mugabi Archbishop of York by the faith and love by which you stand bound to Us to accept consecrate and invest the said Peter Andrew Eagles Bishop and Pastor of the aforesaid Bishopric of the Isle of Man and Sodor and of Sodor of Man the same being within your Province and to do perform and execute with diligence favour and effect all and singular other things which belong to your Pastoral Office in this behalf so that the said Peter Andrew Eagles may have enjoy and use all rights privileges and emoluments whatsoever to the same Bishopric belonging in as full and ample manner to all intents and purposes as the said Robert Mar Erskine Paterson or any Bishop of the said Isle of Man and Sodor and of Sodor of Man enjoyed and used or ought to have enjoyed and used the same In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the fifteenth day of June in the sixty-sixth year of Our Reign

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