Banishment Act

This article is about the Irish Parliament Act of 1697. For the American Revolutionary War act of 1778, see Massachusetts Banishment Act.
Banishment Act

Long title An Act for banishing all Papists exercising any Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, and all Regulars of the Popish Clergy out of this Kingdom
Citation 9 Will III c.1

The Banishment Act was an Act of the Parliament of Ireland (citation 9 Will III c.1), one of a series of Penal Laws passed in 1697 that banished all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church from Ireland to protect the official state church, the Church of Ireland. The long title of the Act is "An Act for banishing all Papists exercising any Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, and all Regulars of the Popish Clergy out of this Kingdom."

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