Bishopric of Bristol Act 1884
WHEREAS by an Order in Council made in pursuance of the Act of the session of the sixth and seventh years of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter seventy-seven, intituled "An Act for carrying into effect the reports of the Commissioners appointed to consider the state of the Established Church in England and Wales with reference to ecclesiastical duties and revenues, so far as they relate to episcopal dioceses, revenues, and patronage," the sees of Gloucester and Bristol were united:...