# Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007, Paragraph 2


A scheme by which a new bishopric is to be founded and a new diocese is created shall specify the see of the bishop of the diocese and provide for—
(a) constituting the bishop of the diocese a corporation sole and investing him with all such rights, privileges and jurisdictions as are possessed by any other diocesan bishop in England;
(b) subjecting the bishop to the metropolitan jurisdiction of one of the archbishops; and
(c) the election of a bishop of the diocese.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2007/1/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dioceses-pastoral-and-mission-measure-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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