Synod of Nova Scotia, the clergy and laity of the Church of England in the Province of Prince Edward Island (who before the passing of such Act of Incorporation were represented in the Synod of the Diocese of Nova Scotia) may, so long as they continue to be under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Nova Scotia, be admitted as members of such incorporated Synod, and may enjoy and exercise the same rights and privileges therein as the clergy and laity of the Church of England in this Province.18

The new amending act speciﬁed that the clergy and laity of the Province of Prince Edward Island may "be admitted as members of such incorporated Synod" only on the condition, "so long as they continue to be under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Nova Scotia".19 This qualifying clause denoted the existing inequality (not an inequality in the sense of one being inferior to the other, but in the sense of being unequal, or different) within the territorial areas then (and now) represented in the Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia. It was not until the Journal of the thirteenth session of the Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia, July 4th, 1876, that the clergy and laity of P.E.I. were listed as belonging to, and as, members of the Diocesan Synod. This did not imply that they had also become integral members of the Diocese of Nova Scotia.

When the Island parishes agreed to accept the amended constitution and Act of Incorporate the Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia, they did so in order to work with the parishes in the Province of Nova Scotia which were also under the spiritual and ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Bishop of Nova Scotia. Unfortunately, what happened was that over the passage of time the Island became identiﬁed as an Archdeaconry administered under the Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia (Prince Edward Island became an Archdeaconry in 1860) and became thought of merely as an administrative unit within the Diocese of Nova Scotia, rather than one associated with the Diocese of Nova Scotia through a jurisdictional association with the Bishop of Nova Scotia.

The Inception of a Movement for an Island See.

The Church of England on Prince Edward Island continued to grow slowly. Most of the growth took place in the towns and larger villages with only a very gradual extension taking place in the more rural areas. By 1860 there were ten resident clergymen (including the Reverend L.C. Jenkins who

36. An Act to Amend the Act to Incorporate the Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia. Remrt of the Diocesan Smod of Nova Scotia, 1875.

37. Ibid.