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title: "Suffragans Nomination Act 1888"
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# Suffragans Nomination Act 1888

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Suffragans Nomination Act 1888
1888 c.56
An Act to make further provision for the Nomination of Bishops Suffragans.
[24th December 1888]
Whereas by the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 it was enacted that the towns therein named should be taken and accepted for sees of bishops suffragans:
And whereas it is desirable to add to the number of towns for the purposes of that Act:

## 1 Short title. {#section-1}

This Act may be cited as the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888.

## 2 Other towns to be sees for suffragans besides those named in 26 Hen. 8. c. 14. {#section-2}

For the purposes of the herein-before recited Act, such other towns as Her Majesty the Queen may from time to time by Order in Council direct shall be taken and accepted for sees of bishops suffragans as if they had been included in that Act, and that Act shall be construed and have effect accordingly.