The Society for the Maintenance of the Faith is an

Anglo-Catholic Anglo-Catholicism comprises beliefs and practices that emphasise the Catholic heritage and identity of the various Anglican churches. The term was coined in the early 19th century, although movements emphasising the Catholic nature of Anglica ...

organization in the

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founded in 1873. As of 2022, it holds 94

advowsons Advowson () or patronage is the right in English law of a patron (avowee) to present to the diocesan bishop (or in some cases the ordinary if not the same person) a nominee for appointment to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church living, a ...

or rights of patronage for church appointments. The group in 1995 supported the idea of life-long appointments as a means of promoting diversity among the clergy.Kathryn Knight (17 January 1995). Parish patrons unite to halt liberalism. ''

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Presidents

Lord Eliot Earl of St Germans, in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that is held by the Eliot family. The title takes its name from the village of St Germans, Cornwall, and the family seat is Port Eliot. The earldom ...

(1873-1878) # Octavius Leefe (1878-1881, 1889-1901) # Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill (1881-1889, 1901-11) # The Duke of Newcastle (1911-1928) # Lord Mamhead (1928-1945) # Sir Henry Slesser (1946-1948) # Sir John Best-Shaw (1949-1967) # Dr. Arthur Peck (1967-1974) # Dr. Paul Kent (1974-1999) # Dr. Brian Hanson CBE (1999-2018) # Dr.

Colin Podmore Colin John Podmore (born 22 February 1960) is an English ecclesiastical historian and a senior layperson in the Church of England. Between April 2013 and February 2020 he was the director of Forward in Faith, a traditionalist Anglo-Catholic org ...

MBE (2019—)

References

*''Constitutions of the Society for the Maintenance of the Faith and List of Council and Officers'' (1876) *William Oddie,
Anglo-Catholic parishes are often very close-knit: the Ordinariate will preserve that
(''Catholic Herald'', November 12, 2010) *Sutton, Teresa (2019)
Advowsons and private patronage
. ''Ecclesiastical Law Journal'', 21 (3). pp. 267-288. ISSN 0956-618X

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