Order in Council founding the Bishopric of Birmingham
Whereas in pursuance of the Bishoprics Act, 1878, and the Bishoprics of Southwark and Birmingham Act, 1904, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England on the 15th day of December, 1904, certified to His Majesty under their Common Seal, that the annual value of the Birmingham Bishopric Endowment Fund, together with the annual sum which will ultimately be derived in pursuance of the last above mentioned Act from the contributory Bishopric of Worcester was not less than three thousand pounds: ...