N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 92: Division of Roman Catholic parish; disposition of property

§ 92. Division of Roman Catholic parish; disposition of property.

Wherever a Roman Catholic parish has been heretofore or shall hereafter

be duly divided by the Roman Catholic bishop having jurisdiction over

said parish, and the original Roman Catholic church corporation is given

one part of the old parish, and a new or second Roman Catholic church

corporation is given the remaining part of the old parish, and it

further appears that by reason of the said division the original Roman

Catholic church corporation holds title to real property situate within

the part of the old parish that was given to the new or second Roman

Catholic church corporation, then the said Roman Catholic bishop or his

successor shall have the right and power, of himself, independently of

any action or consent on the part of the trustees of the original Roman

Catholic church corporation, to transfer the title of the said real

property, with or without valuable consideration, to the said new or

second Roman Catholic church corporation. Said transfer shall be made by

the said Roman Catholic bishop or his successor after having complied

with the requirements of this chapter in the same manner as the trustees

of any religious corporation are compelled to do before making a

transfer of church property. If a valuable consideration is paid for the

transfer the same shall be received by the said Roman Catholic bishop or

his successor and distributed between the said original Roman Catholic

church corporation and the new or second Roman Catholic church

corporation in such proportions as in the discretion of the said bishop

or his successor may seem proper.