Welsh Church

Welsh Church. The Welsh Church Act, 1914, provided of the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales and Monmouthshire. Its operation was suspended by the Suspensory Act, 1914, but it came into effect under, and was amended by, the Welsh Church (Temporalities) Act, 1919, as from 31st March, 1920. All ecclesiastical corporations are dissolved and disendowed, but churches, ecclesiastical residences and certain endowments, as well as a million pounds under a scheme of commutation of existing interests, are transferred to a 'representative body' which has been incorporated by Royal Charter. See the above-mentioned Acts and the Welsh Church Rules.