438 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



X. PORTUGAL AND THE BRAZILS. 



The prerogatives of the crown 

 have been uniformly contended 

 for and supported, both with re- 

 spect to the nomination of bisliops, 

 and a control upon the intromis- 

 sion of papal rescripts. 



XI. SWITZERLAND. 



At Coire the Court of Rome 

 has no right to interfere in the 

 election of bishops, which is made 

 freely by the 24 canons. It is 

 only after the election that Rome 

 gives the placet. 



Tn the Valais, the Chapter pro- 

 poses four individuals to the Diet, 

 which selects one, and ])resents 

 him to the Pope, who first r^ects 

 and then i/aines him, of his own 

 authority. 



In the Catholic cantons, the 

 immediate monasteries elect their 

 o« n prelate, without the least in- 

 fluence on the part of the govern- 

 ments, their confirmation depend- 

 ing upon the apostolic see. 



The regium placitum is in force 

 in Switzerland. 



Xil. THE GREEK CHURCH, EMPIRE 

 OF RUSSIA. 



Tiie archijishop of Mohilow, 

 and ail othei' bishops, are named 

 by the Emperor, who are con- 

 firmed by the Pope. 



The regium placitum exists in 

 Russia. 



XIII DENMARK. 



No Catholic bishops. 



Catholic priests receive their 

 appointments from the bishop of 

 liildersheim, who exercises the 

 delegated authority of a vicar 

 apostolic, in relation to several 

 states of Germany, in which he 

 is not resident. 



No regium placiiunin Denmark. 



XIV. SWEDEN. 



The King: autherises> "by ili- 



ploma," the vicais-apostolic to 

 exercise their functions through- 

 out the kingdom, conforming 

 tiiemselves to the edict of tolera- 

 tion. There is no provision for 

 the exercise of the regium placitum. 



XV. PRUSSIA. 



The appointment to the epis- 

 copal order is generally in the 

 Crown J but whenever the ap- 

 pointment or nomination of the 

 bishop has not been leserved to 

 the Crown, the Chapter exercises 

 the right of election. 



The regium placitum in force in 

 Prussia. 



XVI. NETHERLANDS. 



Negotiations are now going- 

 forward respecting new i-egula- 

 tions between the Pope and the 

 King. 



XVH. HAMBURGH. 



No Catholic bishops, and no 

 papal edict allowed to be published. 



XVIII. SAXONY. 



No Catholic bishop since the 

 reformation, exce])t the confessoi' 

 of the King, who has the autho- 

 rity of a vicar apostolic. 



No information has been ob- 

 tained respecting the regium pla- 

 citum. 



XIX. HANOVER HESSE BADEN. 



Negotiations are now pending 

 lelative to ecclesiastical reerula- 

 tions. 



XX. CANADA AND THE BRITISH 

 COLONIES. 



The manner in which the bi- 

 shops are appointed is detailed in 

 the appendix. The King of Eng- 

 land nominates thejiishop to each 

 vacant see, who is afterwards 

 consecrated by the Pope. 



No regium placitum in force in 

 the colonics. 



Documents in the appendix exr 

 plain the nature of the elec;ionby 



the 



