VICAR APOSTOLIC OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1885
Title
VICAR APOSTOLIC OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1885
Description
ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1885.
Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Church Incorporation
AN ORDINANCE for the Incorporation of the Vicar Apostolic of
the Roman Catholic Church in this Colony.
[15th May, 1885.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Vicar Apostolic of the Roman
Catholic Church Incorporation Ordinance, 1885.
2. The Right Reverend John Timoleone Raimondi, the Roman Catholic
Titular Bishop of Acantho and holding the ecclesiastical appointment
of Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Church in this Colony, and
his successors holding the said appointment, or the Roman Catholic dignitary
for the time being having the supreme ecclesiastical jurisdiction
in this Colony in the Roman Catholic Church, shall be a body corporate,
and shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, have the name of 'The
Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Church in Hongkong,' and by
that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall and may sue and be
sued in all Courts of Justice and before all Magistrates in this Colony,
and shall and may have and use a common seal, and the said seal may
from time to time break, change, alter, and make anew as to the said
corporation may seem fit, and the said corporation shall have full power
to acquire, purchase, take, hold, and enjoy, for the use of the Roman Catholic Church in this Colony, all lands, messuages, and tenements of
what nature or kind soever for a life or lives or for a term of years, and
also all manner of goods and chattels whatsoever, and the said corporation
is hereby futher empowered from time to time, by deed under its
seal, to mortgage, sell, or demise, grant, convey, or otehrwise dispose of
any lands, buildings, messuages, and tenements buy this Ordinance vested
or that may hereafter be vested in the said corporation, upon such terms
as the said corporation may see fit: Provided always that no lands, buildings,
messuages, or tenements acquired with public money or granted
by the Government of this Colony for any special purpose previous to
the commencement of this Ordinance shall be disposed of without the
consent of the Governor for the time being in Council.
3. The lands, buildings, messuages, and tenements in this Colony at
the commencement of this Ordinance vested or purporting to be vested
in the Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, or in the
said Right Reverend John Timoleone Ramioadi in his own right or as
trustee for or procurator of the said Sacred Congregation, or in the name
of the late Very Reverend Don Luigi Ambrosi as such procurator, or in
any other perosn or persons as procurator or agent or as trustee or trustees
for the said Sacred Congregation, and all moneys, securities for
money, goods, chattels, and effects whatsoever, the property of the said
Sacred Congregation, or standing in the name of the said Congregation,
or purporting so to be, are hereby transferred to and vested in the said
and tenements, to the payment of the rents and the observance and
performance of all the convenants, conditions, and reservations contained in
the Crown leases or under-leases or mortgages under which the said
lands, buildings, messuages, and tenements are now or may hereafter be
resepctively held.
4. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the
rights of Her Majesty the Queen, her heirs or successors, or of any bodies
politic or corporate or other person or persons, except such as are mentioned
in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from, or under them.
A.D. 1885. Ordinance No. 10 of 1885.
Short title.
Incorporation of Vicar Apostolie of Roman Catholic Church in the Colony. Vesting in corporation of lands, etc., now vested in the Sacred congregation of the Propagation of the Faith and others.
Saving of rights of the Crown, etc.
Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Church Incorporation
AN ORDINANCE for the Incorporation of the Vicar Apostolic of
the Roman Catholic Church in this Colony.
[15th May, 1885.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Vicar Apostolic of the Roman
Catholic Church Incorporation Ordinance, 1885.
2. The Right Reverend John Timoleone Raimondi, the Roman Catholic
Titular Bishop of Acantho and holding the ecclesiastical appointment
of Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Church in this Colony, and
his successors holding the said appointment, or the Roman Catholic dignitary
for the time being having the supreme ecclesiastical jurisdiction
in this Colony in the Roman Catholic Church, shall be a body corporate,
and shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, have the name of 'The
Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Church in Hongkong,' and by
that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall and may sue and be
sued in all Courts of Justice and before all Magistrates in this Colony,
and shall and may have and use a common seal, and the said seal may
from time to time break, change, alter, and make anew as to the said
corporation may seem fit, and the said corporation shall have full power
to acquire, purchase, take, hold, and enjoy, for the use of the Roman Catholic Church in this Colony, all lands, messuages, and tenements of
what nature or kind soever for a life or lives or for a term of years, and
also all manner of goods and chattels whatsoever, and the said corporation
is hereby futher empowered from time to time, by deed under its
seal, to mortgage, sell, or demise, grant, convey, or otehrwise dispose of
any lands, buildings, messuages, and tenements buy this Ordinance vested
or that may hereafter be vested in the said corporation, upon such terms
as the said corporation may see fit: Provided always that no lands, buildings,
messuages, or tenements acquired with public money or granted
by the Government of this Colony for any special purpose previous to
the commencement of this Ordinance shall be disposed of without the
consent of the Governor for the time being in Council.
3. The lands, buildings, messuages, and tenements in this Colony at
the commencement of this Ordinance vested or purporting to be vested
in the Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, or in the
said Right Reverend John Timoleone Ramioadi in his own right or as
trustee for or procurator of the said Sacred Congregation, or in the name
of the late Very Reverend Don Luigi Ambrosi as such procurator, or in
any other perosn or persons as procurator or agent or as trustee or trustees
for the said Sacred Congregation, and all moneys, securities for
money, goods, chattels, and effects whatsoever, the property of the said
Sacred Congregation, or standing in the name of the said Congregation,
or purporting so to be, are hereby transferred to and vested in the said
and tenements, to the payment of the rents and the observance and
performance of all the convenants, conditions, and reservations contained in
the Crown leases or under-leases or mortgages under which the said
lands, buildings, messuages, and tenements are now or may hereafter be
resepctively held.
4. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the
rights of Her Majesty the Queen, her heirs or successors, or of any bodies
politic or corporate or other person or persons, except such as are mentioned
in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from, or under them.
A.D. 1885. Ordinance No. 10 of 1885.
Short title.
Incorporation of Vicar Apostolie of Roman Catholic Church in the Colony. Vesting in corporation of lands, etc., now vested in the Sacred congregation of the Propagation of the Faith and others.
Saving of rights of the Crown, etc.
Abstract
A.D. 1885. Ordinance No. 10 of 1885.
Short title.
Incorporation of Vicar Apostolie of Roman Catholic Church in the Colony. Vesting in corporation of lands, etc., now vested in the Sacred congregation of the Propagation of the Faith and others.
Saving of rights of the Crown, etc.
Short title.
Incorporation of Vicar Apostolie of Roman Catholic Church in the Colony. Vesting in corporation of lands, etc., now vested in the Sacred congregation of the Propagation of the Faith and others.
Saving of rights of the Crown, etc.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/611
Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Subsequent Cap No.
1003
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 4 of 1885
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“VICAR APOSTOLIC OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1885,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed July 13, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/611.
