Kingdom of Great Britain
and
Ireland bearing
the 6th
day of
year of
dates
June
the
Our
Lord
1859
We did Erect
Found, make, Ordain
and Constitute all that
the Island of St Helena,
and
also
the Island
of Ascension, and
the
Island Tristan d'Acunha
to be
distinct and
separate Bishop's See and
Diocese,
and did declare
and Ordain that the
same should be called
The Bishopric
of St Helena
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and did name and Appoint
Our Well-beloved The Reverend
Piers Calveley Claughton,
Doctor
in Divinity
to be ordained
and
consecrated
the said
Bishop
and
Diocese for
the
term
of his natural life, subject
Nevertheless
to the right
of resignation
as set forth
in the said Letters Patent.
Whereas by the
resignation
of the said Piers Calveley
Claughton
the said Bishopric has become
vacant. Now know ye.