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The ”’Roman Catholic Relief Act 1926”’ was an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament “to provide for the further [[Roman Catholic relief bills|relief]] of His Majesty’s [[Catholic Church in the United Kingdom|Roman Catholic]] subjects”.<ref>https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/16-17/55/enacted</ref> |
The ”’Roman Catholic Relief Act 1926”’ was an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament “to provide for the further [[Roman Catholic relief bills|relief]] of His Majesty’s [[Catholic Church in the United Kingdom|Roman Catholic]] subjects”.<ref>https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/16-17/55/enacted</ref> the [[Francis Blundell (MP for Ormskirk)|Francis Blundell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/the-lord-lieutenant.html|title=The Lord Lieutenant|website=Merseyside Lieutenancy|access-date=May 11, 2018|archive-date=5 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605022714/https://merseysidelieutenancy.weebly.com/the-lord-lieutenant.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper|title=PASS CATHOLIC BILL ENDING BRITISH BANS: M.P.’s Give It Third Reading After It Is Attacked as Papal or Anglo-Catholic Plot. SOLICITOR GENERAL RAPS IT Measure Removing Old Disabilities Will Not Apply to Ulster — It Will Go to Lords Now.|newspaper=New York Times|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/103853682/C0300C89FCE44950PQ/1?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Newspapers|url-access=subscription|date=4 December 1926|access-date=6 December 2025|page=12}}</ref> |
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It repealed bans such as admitting new members to [[Catholic religious orders]]. public [[Catholic processions]]<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1926/dec/10/roman-catholic-relief-bill#S5LV0065P0_19261210_HOL_3 Debates, Roman Catholic Relief Act 1926] from Hansard, retrieved 28 January 2018</ref> and most remaining disabilities of Catholics.{{sfn|Rosie|2001|p=177}} It also repealed the [[Putting away of Books and Images Act 1549]] and [[Treason Act 1714]] and was itself repealed by the [[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989]]. |
It repealed bans such as admitting new members to [[Catholic religious orders]]. public [[Catholic processions]]<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1926/dec/10/roman-catholic-relief-bill#S5LV0065P0_19261210_HOL_3 Debates, Roman Catholic Relief Act 1926] from Hansard, retrieved 28 January 2018</ref> and most remaining disabilities of Catholics.{{sfn|Rosie|2001|p=177}} It also repealed the [[Putting away of Books and Images Act 1549]] and [[Treason Act 1714]] and was itself repealed by the [[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989]]. |
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The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1926 was an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament “to provide for the further relief of His Majesty’s Roman Catholic subjects”.[1] It was sponsored by the Conservative MPs Francis Blundell and Dennis Herbert.[2][3]
It repealed bans such as admitting new members to Catholic religious orders. public Catholic processions[4] and most remaining disabilities of Catholics. It also repealed the Putting away of Books and Images Act 1549 and Treason Act 1714 and was itself repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989.
