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The Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury is a regulatory body in English law, which also exercises some adjudicatory functions. Its responsibilities include:

  • the regulation of notaries public; (but not common marriage licences); or anywhere, if one of the parties to the intended marriage is in danger of imminent death.
  • the conferral of Lambeth degrees.

and the area covered by the Church in Wales.

Notaries public in New Zealand and the State of Queensland, Australia are still appointed by the Faculty Office.

See also

  • Ecclesiastical law
  • Ecclesiastical court

Further reading

  • Chambers, D. S. (ed.) (1966) Faculty Office Registers, 1534-1549: a calendar of the first two registers of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Faculty Office. Oxford

Notes

References

  • Official website