§ 111. Validating certain religious corporations.
§ 111. Validating certain religious corporations. All religious corporations of this State incorporated prior to March 14, 1911, under the General Corporation Law and all religious corporations of this State incorporated since March 10, 1899, under Chapter 39 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware, as published in 1893, and under §§ 115-118 […]
§ 112. Conveyances and grants to ecclesiastical officers.
§ 112. Conveyances and grants to ecclesiastical officers. No grant, conveyance, devise or lease of personal or real estate to, nor any trust of such personal or real estate for the benefit of any person, and that person’s successor or successors in any ecclesiastical office, shall vest any estate or interest in such person or […]
§ 113. Conveyances and grants to religious corporations.
§ 113. Conveyances and grants to religious corporations. No grant, conveyance, devise or lease of any real estate dedicated or appropriated or intended to be dedicated or appropriated, to purposes of religious worship for the use of any congregation or society shall vest any right, title or interest in any person or persons to whom […]
§ 114. Formation of Protestant Episcopal Church corporations.
§ 114. Formation of Protestant Episcopal Church corporations. The rector, wardens and vestrymen of any Protestant Episcopal Church, on certifying their name or style as provided in § 101 or § 103 of this title, shall be a corporation with the franchise, rights and powers therein vested in trustees of other religious societies. 26 Del. […]
§ 115. Formation of Roman Catholic Church corporations.
§ 115. Formation of Roman Catholic Church corporations. In every congregation of the Roman Catholic Church, the ordinary of the diocese, the pastor of the congregation for the time being, according to the practice and discipline of the Church, 1 other person annually designated by the ordinary, and 2 other persons annually elected by the […]
§ 116. Additional powers of Roman Catholic Church corporations; records; pastor as president.
§ 116. Additional powers of Roman Catholic Church corporations; records; pastor as president. Every Roman Catholic Church corporation, in addition to the powers now possessed by religious corporations by virtue of the laws of this State, may appoint the hour and place of the meeting at which the 2 of its members annually elected shall […]
§ 117. Filling vacancies among corporators of Roman Catholic Church corporations; change of name.
§ 117. Filling vacancies among corporators of Roman Catholic Church corporations; change of name. (a) (1) If at any time 1 of the annually elected corporators of a Roman Catholic Church corporation dies, resigns or becomes disqualified by ceasing to be a pewholder of the church, it shall be competent for the remaining members of […]
§ 118. Conveyances to Roman Catholic Church corporations; prior gifts to inure to benefit of newly formed corporations.
§ 118. Conveyances to Roman Catholic Church corporations; prior gifts to inure to benefit of newly formed corporations. Any person, individual or corporation holding land or goods and chattels or any interest therein in trust for any particular church or congregation, church society, congregation of the denomination wherein a Roman Catholic Church corporation is formed […]
§ 301. Formation.
§ 301. Formation. Any 10 or more persons associated together for the promotion of the interests of Sunday schools, or as a Young Men’s Christian Association for the promotion of religious knowledge and improvement, may become incorporated by the election of managers, not less than 3 nor more than 12, and by taking a corporate […]
§ 302. Powers.
§ 302. Powers. The managers elected shall, upon the recording of the certificate, become a body corporate by the name adopted and certified. The corporation shall have succession for 20 years, may sue and be sued and may purchase, receive, hold and enjoy property, real and personal, for the use and objects of the association […]