Section 27 Qualification of deans, archdeacons, and canons.
England
No person shall hereafter be capable of receiving the appointment of dean F1... F2, archdeacon, or canon, until he shall have been six years complete in F3holy orders and, in the case of a dean ... or archdeacon, be in priest’s orders at the time of the appointment, except in the case of a canonry annexed to any professorship, headship, or other office in any university.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in s. 27 omitted (coming into force in accordance with s. 53(3) of the amending Measure) by virtue of Cathedrals Measure 2021 (No. 2), Sch. 4 para. 1 (with ss. 42(4), 48, 52(1))
- F2
Word in s. 27 inserted (1.9.1995) by 1995 No. 2, s. 5(a); Instrument dated 26.7.1995 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York
- F3
Words in s. 27 substituted (1.9.1995) by 1995 No. 2, s. 5(b); Instrument dated 26.7.1995 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York