District councillors in Maków last month passed a resolution recognising Jesus as their monarch in what was hailed by the council’s chairperson as a milestone event.

The resolution stated: “We submit ourselves to His rule. We entrust to Him our daily affairs, family life, local government and social matters, believing that, through His grace, they will be conducted in a proper manner and in accordance with God’s will.”

However, the resolution has now been invalidated by the governor of the Mazovia province which includes Maków on the basis that it does not “fall within the competences” of district councils, Notes from Poland reports.

The legislation underpinning the powers of local government does not include “the enthronement of Jesus Christ” among the tasks under “the jurisdiction of district councils”, the governor told a Polish newspaper.

The district council has 30 days to appeal the governor’s decision.