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(incomplete list):<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=52828|startpage=2231|date=10 February 1992|accessdate=2007-11-21}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50581|startpage=8568|date=27 June 1986|accessdate=2007-11-21}}</ref>
* Right Honourable Lord Justice Gibson (appointed in 1986)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50581|startpage=8568|date=27 June 1986|accessdate=2007-11-21}}</ref> (reappointed in 1992)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=52828|startpage=2231|date=10 February 1992|accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref>
* Right Honourable Lord Justice Gibson (1986-)
* [[Lord Lloyd of Berwick]], DL PC
* [[Lord Lloyd of Berwick]], DL PC (reappointed in 1992)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=52828|startpage=2231|date=10 February 1992|accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref>
* Right Reverend [[Eric Kemp]], [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]] [[FRHistS]] ([[Bishop of Chichester]])
* Right Reverend [[Eric Kemp]], [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]] [[FRHistS]] ([[Bishop of Chichester]]) (reappointed in 1992)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=52828|startpage=2231|date=10 February 1992|accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref>
* Right Reverend [[Archibald Ronald McDonald Gordon|Ronald Gordon]], [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]] (former [[Bishop of Portsmouth (Anglican)|Bishop of Portsmouth]]) (1991-)
* Right Reverend [[Archibald Ronald McDonald Gordon|Ronald Gordon]], [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]] (former [[Bishop of Portsmouth (Anglican)|Bishop of Portsmouth]]) (appointed in 1992)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=52828|startpage=2231|date=10 February 1992|accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref>
* Right Reverend [[Alexander Graham]], [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]] [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] [[DipTh]] ([[Bishop of Newcastle]]).
* Right Reverend [[Alexander Graham]], [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]] [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] [[DipTh]] ([[Bishop of Newcastle]]) (appointed in 1992)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=52828|startpage=2231|date=10 February 1992|accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref>
* Right Reverend [[Richard Say]], [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]] [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] ([[Bishop of Rochester]])
* Right Reverend [[Richard Say]], [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]] [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] ([[Bishop of Rochester]])
* Right Reverend [[Kenneth Woollcombe]], [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]] (former [[Bishop of Oxford]]).
* Right Reverend [[Kenneth Woollcombe]], [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]] (former [[Bishop of Oxford]]).

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The Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved is an appellate court within the hierarchy of ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England. Hearing cases involving church doctrine, ceremony, or ritual, the Court has jurisdiction over both the Province of Canterbury and the Province of York. As of 2009 the Court has met just twice since it was established.

Activity

The Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved was created in 1963 with appellate jurisdiction in matters of doctrine, ritual or ceremonial.

A complaint against a priest or deacon may be vetoed by his bishop, and one against a bishop by his archbishop. Before a case is heard, a preliminary enquiry by a Committee decides whether there is a case to answer. In the case of a priest or deacon, the Committee of Inquiry consists of the diocesan bishop, two members of the Lower House of Convocation of the Province, and two diocesan chancellors. There are other provisions where the accused is a bishop.

If the Committee allows the case to proceed, the Upper House of Convocation appoints a complainant against the accused in the Court for Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved, where the procedure resembles that of an assize court exercising jurisdiction but without a jury. However, the Court sits with five advisers chosen from panels of theologians or liturgiologists.

As of 2009, the court has met only twice:

  • Re St Michael and All Angels, Great Torrington – [1985] 1 All ER 993
  • Re St Stephen Walbrook – [1987] 2 All ER 578

The first case dealt with the introduction of an icon and candlestick into a church without a faculty (exemption from the usual practice) being granted beforehand. The second case allowed the use of a marble sculpture by Henry Moore as an altar table.[1]

Composition

The Court's five judges are appointed by the Sovereign. Two must be judges (or have held high judicial office), and must also be communicant members of the Church of England; the remaining three must be (or have been) diocesan bishops.

In criminal cases there must be not less than three nor more than five advisers, who are selected by the Dean of the Arches and Auditor from a panel of eminent theologians and liturgiologists.

Current members

The following were appointed as judges by royal warrant for a five-year term beginning on 1 July 2006:[2]

Former members

(incomplete list):

References

  1. ^ http://www.henry-moore.org/works-in-public/world/uk/london/church-of-st-stephen-walbrook/circular-altar-1972-630
  2. ^ "No. 58062". The London Gazette. 4 August 2006.
  3. ^ "No. 50581". The London Gazette. 27 June 1986.
  4. ^ "No. 52828". The London Gazette. 10 February 1992.
  5. ^ "No. 52828". The London Gazette. 10 February 1992.
  6. ^ "No. 52828". The London Gazette. 10 February 1992.
  7. ^ "No. 52828". The London Gazette. 10 February 1992.
  8. ^ "No. 52828". The London Gazette. 10 February 1992.
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