Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-dzt6s Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-26T22:42:34.368Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

The Legal Status of the Church of England in Italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2014

Paolo Cesare Coniglio*
Affiliation:
General Secretary, Associazione Chiesa d'Inghilterra

Extract

In a historic move, the Church of England has achieved legal recognition in Italy. Legal status was declared by a presidential decree signed by the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, in July 2014. This recognises the Church of England as a denomination and a ‘properly organised and authorised’ religion in Italy. The decree gives legal status to the association Chiesa d'Inghilterra (Church of England), which represents the Church of England in Italy, and accepts its statutes. The registered address of the Chiesa d'Inghilterra is in the centre of Rome.

Type
Comment
Copyright
Copyright © Ecclesiastical Law Society 2015 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1 General information on the regulatory framework for the recognition of churches in Italy may be found at <http://www.interno.gov.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/sezioni/ministero/dipartimenti/dip_immigrazione/dc_culti/>, accessed 7 October 2014.

2 See <http://www.chiesadinghilterra.org>, accessed 7 October 2014.