Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ROMAN CATHOLIC BUNBURY CHURCH PROPERTY ACT 1955 - SECT 8

8 .         Vicar Capitular to act from death of Bishop until successor appointed

                Upon the death of a Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Bunbury, the Vicar Capitular duly elected by the consultors of that Diocese shall be entitled to exercise the powers and be liable to perform the duties of the Bishop until the appointment and consecration of his successor, and it shall be lawful for the Vicar Capitular to exercise those powers and to perform those duties and to execute all documents required to give effect thereto and the documents so executed shall have the same force and effect as if they had been duly executed by The Roman Catholic Bishop of Bunbury.