Section 10-4-5 Certificate of succession by successor of bishop.
Section 10-4-5
Certificate of succession by successor of bishop.
When a bishop has become a corporation sole pursuant to this article, each of his successors in his bishopric shall succeed him in said corporation upon making and filing with the Secretary of State his application for a certificate of succession setting forth:
(1) His succession; and
(2) An abstract in English of the substance of the commission, instrument or document evidencing his right to the succession, and the date and place of his consecration and induction into office, which certificate shall be subscribed, sworn to and certified as provided for in the original application for incorporation.
Upon the issue of a certificate of succession as provided for in this section, the successor shall be clothed with all the authority and power of the original incorporator.
(Acts 1911, No. 429, p. 452; Code 1923, §7116; Code 1940, T. 10, §119.)