Faculties

A faculty is a permission granted by the Chancellor of the Diocese or the Archdeacon of the Archdeaconry concerned in the Consistory Court of the Diocese.

The faculty jurisdiction procedure is contained in the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 and the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2000.

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What does the Faculty Jurisdiction apply to?

What can be done without a faculty?

Furniture and Fixtures

Emergency items of work authorised by the Archdeacon

Who should I consult?

Advice from the Diocesan Advisory Committee

How do I petition for a faculty?

The grant of the faculty

For more help and advice, please contact the Diocesan Registrar, Martin Follett Michelmores LLP
Woodwater House
Pynes Hill, Exeter
EX2 5WR
Telephone 01392 687415 Email mjf@michelmores.com

or alternatively, contact the Registry Manager Alan Barr on 01392 687421

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