The 213th Annual Council - Diocese of Virginia

Legal Titles for Making Bequests
Gifts of property of every description, real, personal or mixed, may be made to the
Diocese of Virginia by using any of the following three legal titles:
1) the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia;
2) the Bishop of Virginia of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
Diocese of Virginia;
3) the Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia.
The legal title of the Trustees of the Funds, a corporation duly chartered by the
Legislature of Virginia, “with power to take by gift, devise or bequest, property of
every description, real, personal or mixed, and to hold the same to themselves and their
successors, for the purpose of providing for the disabled clergy, the widows and orphans
of the deceased clergy, the support of the episcopate and for any other purpose of said
church in said Diocese whether of a like kind with those mentioned or not” is:
“The Trustees of the Funds of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
Diocese of Virginia”
The legal title of the Virginia Diocesan Center (Roslyn) is:
“The Memorial Trustees of the Virginia Diocesan Center”
The legal title of the Diocesan Missionary Society is:
“The Diocesan Missionary Society of Virginia”
The legal title of Virginia Theological Seminary is:
“Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia”
The legal title of the Protestant Episcopal Education Society, chartered by the Virginia
Legislature to give financial aid to men preparing for the ministry of the Church of
Virginia, is:
“Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Education Society in Virginia”
The legal title of the Episcopal High School is:
“Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia”
The legal title of the corporation which conducts the system of Schools under the control
of the Diocese is:
“Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia”
The legal title of the Blue Ridge School is:
“The Blue Ridge School, Incorporated”
The Shrine Mont Endowment Fund Form of Bequest:
“I hereby give, devise and bequeath to Shrine Mont, Incorporated, a corporation
under the laws of Virginia ____________________.”
The Virginia Diocesan Homes Form of Bequest:
“I hereby give, devise and bequeath to the Trustees of the Virginia Diocesan Homes,
Incorporated, a corporation under the laws of Virginia ____________________.”
The legal title of Bloomfield is:
“Bloomfield, Incorporated”
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