Official Principal of the Archbishop of Canterbury

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The Official Principal of the Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief ecclesiastical judge of the Church of England, presiding over its highest archiepiscopal court and overseeing major church legal matters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf church legal office
ecclesiastical office
judicial office
alsoKnownAs Dean of the Arches NERFINISHED
Official Principal
appliesToJurisdiction Church of England NERFINISHED
appointedBy Archbishop of Canterbury NERFINISHED
appointedFor Province of Canterbury NERFINISHED
chiefJudgeOf Church of England NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
decidesOn appeals in clergy discipline cases
appeals in doctrinal and ceremonial disputes
appeals in faculty jurisdiction matters
governs procedures of the Arches Court of Canterbury
hasAuthorityOver ecclesiastical appeals in the Province of Canterbury
major church legal matters in the Church of England
hasRank senior ecclesiastical judge
headOf Arches Court of Canterbury NERFINISHED
historicalOrigin medieval English ecclesiastical courts
interprets Canons of the Church of England NERFINISHED
Measures of the Church of England NERFINISHED
isDistinctFrom Chancellor of a diocese
Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury NERFINISHED
isHighestCourtFor archiepiscopal jurisdiction of Canterbury
isPartOf ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England NERFINISHED
jurisdiction appeals from consistory courts in the Province of Canterbury
disciplinary cases involving clergy in the Province of Canterbury
languageOfWork English
legalSystem canon law of the Church of England
ecclesiastical law of England
locatedIn London NERFINISHED
officeHoldsTitle Right Worshipful (traditionally)
oversees ecclesiastical judicial process in the Province of Canterbury
partOf Archbishop of Canterbury’s court system
Province of Canterbury NERFINISHED
positionHeldBy Dean of the Arches NERFINISHED
presidesOver Arches Court of Canterbury NERFINISHED
religion Anglicanism
subjectToReviewBy Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (historically, in some matters) NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Archbishop of Canterbury NERFINISHED
traditionallySitsAt Church of St Mary-le-Bow, London NERFINISHED
worksWith ecclesiastical lawyers
registrars of ecclesiastical courts

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Court of Arches associatedOffice Official Principal of the Archbishop of Canterbury