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                ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS (EXCERPT)

458.1 Conveyances to Roman Catholic archbishop, bishops, and administrators in trust for religious, educational, or charitable purposes. [M.S.A. 21.1691 ]

Sec. 1. All gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances, wherein or whereby any lands, tenements or other property within this state have been given, bequeathed, devised or granted, or in any manner conveyed by any person or persons whatever, unto any person or persons, by the name, style or title of Roman Catholic or Catholic bishop of the diocese of Bardstown, Kentucky, and his successors, or to the Roman Catholic bishop or Catholic bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, and his successors in office, or to the Roman Catholic or Catholic archbishop of Detroit, or to the Roman Catholic or Catholic bishop of Detroit, or administrator of Detroit, and his successors, or to the Roman Catholic or Catholic bishop of Sault Ste. Marie, or administrator of Sault Ste. Marie, and his successors, or to the Roman Catholic or Catholic bishop of Marquette, or administrator of Marquette, and his successors, or to the Roman Catholic bishop or Catholic bishop of the diocese of Grand Rapids, or administrator of Grand Rapids, and his successors in office, or to any person in his own name as Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Grand Rapids, his heirs and assigns, or to the Roman Catholic bishop or Catholic bishop of the diocese of Lansing, or administrator of Lansing, and his successors, or to the Roman Catholic bishop or Catholic bishop of the diocese of Saginaw, or administrator of Saginaw, and his successors, or to the Roman Catholic bishop or Catholic bishop of the diocese of Kalamazoo, or administrator of Kalamazoo, and his successors, or to the Roman Catholic bishop or Catholic bishop of the diocese of Gaylord, or administrator of Gaylord, and his successors, or to any other person or persons, upon the trust expressed or implied, to take, hold and receive the same for the use and benefit of any religious congregation of Roman Catholics, or for the support, aid and maintenance of any hospital, almshouse, school, seminary, church, parsonage, or for the burial grounds, or other religious, educational or charitable purposes, within this state; and all such gifts, grants, deeds, wills, devises and bequests and other conveyances which may hereafter be made, shall be sufficient and effectual in law to vest the legal title of, in and to said lands and tenements or other property, in such grantee, donee or devisee, in the present archbishop of the diocese of Detroit, or administrator, and in the present bishops or administrators of the Roman Catholic dioceses within the state of Michigan, in their respective dioceses, and in the persons who after them may become Roman Catholic archbishop of the diocese of Detroit, and Roman Catholic bishops of said dioceses, and in the successors of said Roman Catholic archbishop and Roman Catholic bishops forever, in trust, for the uses and purposes for which the said property is or may be hereafter acquired, granted, bequeathed, or devised, and in no other person or persons whatever: Provided, That it shall be necessary in relation to all gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances heretofore made as aforesaid, that the person or persons to whom the same were made, or to such persons as they may have conveyed to, if living, shall release their estate or interests therein to the said Roman Catholic archbishop of the diocese of Detroit, and to the said Roman Catholic bishops in the state of Michigan within their respective dioceses: And provided further, That nothing in this act shall be taken or construed to give or grant to the said Roman Catholic archbishop and Roman Catholic bishops, or administrators of the said dioceses of the state of Michigan, or their successors, the right to hold real estate in trust for any society except for charitable, religious, educational and literary purposes, or for burial grounds, as provided for by this act.

History: 1867, Act 207, Eff. June 27, 1867 ;--CL 1871, 3124 ;--How. 4727 ;--CL 1897, 8310 ;--CL 1915, 10909 ;--Am. 1927, Act 149, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;--CL 1929, 10845 ;--Am. 1937, Act 270, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1937 ;--Am. 1938, Ex. Sess., Act 4, Imd. Eff. Sept. 8, 1938 ;--CL 1948, 458.1 ;--Am. 1954, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Feb. 4, 1954 ;--Am. 1971, Act 136, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 1971 .

458.2 Roman Catholic archbishop, bishops or administrators; powers in administering property. [M.S.A. 21.1692 ]

Sec. 2. The archbishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Detroit and the several bishops of the Roman Catholic dioceses within the state of Michigan and their successors in office, and administrators of the Roman Catholic dioceses within the state of Michigan, for the purpose of administering the property held by them respectively under this act and in respect thereto, are declared to have and to have had power: (a) To enter into any and all lawful contracts in respect of the property held by them;

(b) To sue and be sued, complain and defend, in any court, or to be a party to any proceedings before any board, tribunal, commission, or any other public body;

(c) For the purposes of the Roman Catholic church to acquire, purchase, hold, convey, lease, mortgage, and in every way deal in real and personal property of all kinds without limitation; the power to hold real and personal estate shall include the power to take the same by gift, devise or bequest, and upon trusts, either express or implied;

(d) For the purposes of the Roman Catholic church to borrow money and to give promissory notes therefore, and to secure the payment thereof by mortgage or other lien upon real or personal property; to issue, sell or pledge bonds, notes, bills of exchange, debentures and other obligations and evidences of church indebtedness; and to guarantee, purchase, hold, sell, assign or otherwise dispose of the stock, bonds, or securities of corporations;

(e) To appoint agents and attorneys in fact;

(f) To exercise without limitation of the foregoing, any and all powers relating to the temporalities of the Roman Catholic church vested in such archbishop or bishop or administrator by virtue of his office.

History: Add. 1941, Act 105, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941 ;--CL 1948, 458.2 ;--Am. 1954, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Feb. 4, 1954 .

458.271 Conveyances to bishops of Protestant Episcopal church in trust for certain purposes. [M.S.A. 21.1871 ]

Sec. 1. All gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances wherein or whereby any lands, tenements or other property within this state, or any personal property the donor or grantor of which resided in this state at the time such conveyance or will became effective, have been given, granted, devised or bequeathed, or in any manner conveyed by any person or persons whatever, unto any person or persons by the name, style or title of bishop of any diocese of said church in this state or his successors, or to any of such bishops in his individual name without the expression or designation of any title, upon the trust expressed or implied to take hold and receive the same for the use and benefit of any congregation or society of the Protestant Episcopal church, or for the support, aid and maintenance of any school, hospital, church, parish house, burial ground, parsonage or rectory, or other religious or charitable purposes within this state, and all such gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances which may hereafter be so made, shall vest the legal title of, in and to said lands, tenements and personal property, in the said bishop and in his successor or successors forever, in trust for the uses and purposes for which said property is, or may be hereafter acquired, granted or devised: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be taken or construed to give, or grant to the said bishop or bishops, or his or their successor or successors, the right to hold real estate in trust for any society except for charitable, religious or educational purposes, as provided for in this act.

History: 1913, Act 223, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;--CL 1915, 10941 ;--CL 1929, 10949 ;--Am. 1937, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1937 ;--CL 1948, 458.271 .

458.272 Conditions under which legal title vests in bishop even though not named in conveyance. [M.S.A. 21.1872 ]

Sec. 2. All gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances wherein or whereby any lands, tenements or other property within this state, or any personal property the donor or grantor of which resided in this state at the time such conveyance or will became effective, have been, or shall hereafter be given, granted, devised or bequeathed or in any manner conveyed unto any parish, mission or religious, educational or charitable society of the Protestant Episcopal church in the state of Michigan by name, and such parish, mission or society shall be incapable of receiving or holding such property, whether by reason of being unincorporated, or because the persons designated as grantees are uncertain and indefinite, and all such gifts, devises and bequests which have been made, or shall hereafter be made, in trust for any religious, educational, or charitable purpose of the Protestant Episcopal church, in which no trustee is named in the conveyance or will, or in which the trustee so named shall fail to qualify, shall vest the legal title of, in and to said lands, tenements and personal property in the present bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church of the diocese in which such society is located or within which such religious, educational or charitable purpose is to be executed, and in his successor or successors forever, in trust for the uses and purposes for which said property is, or may be hereafter acquired, granted or devised.

History: Add. 1937, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1937 ;--CL 1948, 458.272 .

458.273 Authority of bishop to make conveyance; approval required. [M.S.A. 21.1873 ]

Sec. 3. Any bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in the state of Michigan who may now or hereafter be vested with title to any lands, tenements or personal property in trust for any of the uses and purposes named herein may in his discretion give, grant and convey the same to a corporation incorporated under the laws of the state of Michigan, authorized by the canons of said diocese or by resolution of the diocesan convention thereof to hold such property, subject to all the terms and conditions of the trust under which said bishop received and held the same.

History: Add. 1937, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1937 ;--CL 1948, 458.273 .

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