administering of the sacrament according to the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of this Island made and passed in the 30th year of His present Majesty's reign, entitled 'An act for the quieting of the minds of His Majesty's dissenting Protestant subjects in the Island of St. John.'58 The sovereignty of Prince Edward Island (the Island of St. John was renamed Prince Edward Island by an act of the Island Legislature in late 1802) was upheld through the wording of the act. In a very real sense the ministers of the Crown, representatives of the Parliament of Britain, were also true representatives of the established church of Great Britain, which was the Church of England and Ireland. The Lieutenant - Governor of the Island maintained the authority to induct new clergy into Island parishes. He also retained the power to silence and suspend any offending clergyman. In effect, the Lieutenant - Governor was designated to retain those powers originally granted and bestowed upon the Governor in 1769. The position accorded the Bishop of London is also worthy of notice and mention. It is quite clear from the act that the Bishop of London was regarded as holding legal power of authority and jurisdiction over Prince Edward Island in 1802, well after the consecration of the first Bishop of Nova Scotia in 1787. In fact, the Bishop of London continued to hold this power of authority and jurisdiction over the island until this act was finally repealed in 1879. Seen in context the act is quite revealing concerning overlapping areas of authority between Governors (now Lieutenant -Governors ) and the Bishop of Nova Scotia . A struggle for power quickly developed in the colony of Nova Scotia following the consecration of Bishop Charles Inglis in 1787 between the Bishop and Governor Parr . The latter had been appointed Governor of that province in 1769 and thus held the title of the "Ordinary" under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London. Along with the powers granted him in relation to the colonial church, he gradually assumed the title as "Head of the Church" in the colony. This title, along with the power to "collate" was challenged at the time of the consecration of the first Bishop of Nova Scotia . The situation remained unsolved until the death of Lieutenant - Governor Parr in 1791. Subsequent Lieutenant -Governors accepted the superiority of the Bishop of Nova Scotia in ecclesiastical church matters in the province. This incident, however, clearly demonstrated the authenticity of the office of Governor and Lieutenant - Governor as real representatives of the Church of England in the colonies. In 1792 a new diocese was created for Quebec (Lower Canada ) and was chosen and consecrated as Bishop of Quebec , at Lambeth 58. Pope, Percy "The Church of England in Prince Edward Island ." Past and Present of Prince Edward Island . MacKinnon & Warburton (eds.) p.207. 38