§ 17-8-117 — Vesting of title to property in successor when held beneficially by church official and not by corporation

In case of the death, resignation or removal of any such
archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of
stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding elder, or
clergyman, who at the time of his death, resignation, or
removal, was holding the title to trust property for the use or
benefit of any church or religious society, and not incorporated
as a corporation sole, the title to any and all such property
held by him, of every nature and kind, shall not revert to the
donor, nor vest in the heirs of such deceased person, but shall
be deemed to be in abeyance, after such death, resignation, or
removal, until his successor is duly appointed to fill such
vacancy, and upon the appointment of such successor, the title
to all the property held by his predecessor shall at once,
without any other act or deed, vest in the person appointed to
fill such vacancy.