Roman Catholic Church Communities’ Lands Act 1942
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Assets means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description (including money), and includes securities, choses in action and documents.
Bishop means the person for the time being administering a diocese, whether as Archbishop or Bishop, Coadjutor Archbishop or Coadjutor Bishop, Vicar Capitular or Administrator, Vicar-General or Priest with Extraordinary Faculties.
Church means the Roman Catholic Church.
Community means any of the following orders, congregations, communities and associations of the Church—
(i) The Sisters of the Brigidine Congregation,
(ii) The Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland,
(iii) Brothers of the Christian Schools,
(iv) The Sisters of Saint Dominic of New South Wales,
(v) Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of Saint Benedict,
(vi) The Sisters of Mercy (Parramatta),
(vii) The Society of Mary for the Province of Australia,
(viii) The Society of Mary for the Province of Oceania,
(ix) The Marist Brothers of the Schools,
(x) The Sisters of Mercy (North Sydney),
(xi) The Fathers of the Passion,
(xii) The Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart,
(xiii) The Congregation of the Mission,
(xiv) Our Lady’s Nurses of the Poor,
(xv) Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart,
(xvi) The Order of Preachers,
(xvii) The Sisters of Mercy, Diocese of Bathurst,
(xviii) The Sisters of St. Joseph, Diocese of Bathurst,
(xix) The Sisters of Charity of Australia,
(xx) The Sisters of Mercy, Diocese of Lismore,