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Diocesan Advisory Committee Faculties

A church belongs to... God - it is His church and reflects His glory. the parish - use it for worship and are its custodians. the nation - parish churches are an important part of our national heritage. Faculty jurisdiction... has protected churches, their contents and churchyards since the Middle Ages. Any proposed alteration, repair, extension and demolition, and the addition or removal of contents is subject to the Bishop' s approval exercised by the Diocesan Chancellor as Judge of the Consistory Court. A Layman's Guide to Faculties, entitled 'Why a Faculty?', is available here as a (quick loading) PDF document. To read .pdf documents (Portable Document Format) you can use the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader. Installing the reader is a straightforward process. Click on this link to install the reader >> See also All about the Diocesan Advisory Committee.