38 
Vatican Archives 
of bishoprics in the Romische Qnartalschrift and the American Catholic 
Historical Society of Philadelphia has published material for the years 1577- 
1600. 55 The majority of the American items in Garampi’s index come from 
this series. A further study would be useful in completing- and correcting 
Gams’s lists of bishops. 50 
Archivio Proprio. The actual archives of the consistories or of the sacred 
college are now, as for a long time, in the lower floor of the wing north of 
the court of San Damaso. 57 Until 1904 they were under the direct charge of 
the secretary of state, by whom scholars were occasionally admitted to use 
them. In that year the records previous to 1830 were made over to the charge 
of the Archivio Vaticano. As this department has not yet found itself able 
to order and transfer the collection, it remains at present (1909) inaccessible. 
Fortunately, its contents have been described by Pastor 58 and Korzeniowski. 
It consists of about 450 volumes which are not numbered, but are arranged 
in fourteen numbered armadii. The following account of their contents is 
taken from Korzeniowski, such volumes as obviously do not refer to America 
being excluded: 59 
Arm. I.-IV. About 190 volumes entitled “ Processus Ecclesiarum ”. 1543- 
l 79 2 - 
Arm. V. 6 volumes continuing the same series. 1793-1830. 
14 volumes entitled “ Juramenta Fidelitatis et Professiones fidei ”, form¬ 
ing an incomplete series. 1670-1809. 
Arm. VI. 27 volumes entitled “ Praeconia et Propositions 1670-1827. 
Arm. VII. About 80 volumes of “ Acta S. Congregationis Consistorialis ”. 
1589-1717. 
Arm. VIII. About 80 volumes of the same series. 1717-1772. 
Arm. IX. Acta Consistorialia. 1772-1817. 
Arm. X. Acta Consistorialia. 1409-1701. 60 
Arm. XI. Acta Consistorialia. 1523-1798. 
Arm. XII. Acta Consistorialia. 1529-1700. 
3 volumes of miscellaneous material. 
Arm. XIII. Volumes IX.-L. of “ Positiones Congregationis Emmor. Capitum 
Ordinum ”. 1772-1796. 
Arm. XIV. About 50 volumes entitled “ Libri Cedularum et Rotulorum ”. 
1565-1802. 
1 volume, “ Sac. Card. Collegii Mandata et Litterae ”. 1600-1676. 
2 volumes, “ Sacri Collegii Liber Quinden.” Fifteenth century. 
1 volume, “ Registro o Rincontro di Entrata e Uscita del Sacro Collegio 
delli Emmi. e Rmi. Signori Cardinali con la Depositaria de’ Signori 
Nerli ”. 1663-1669. 
51 Dr. Stephen Ehses, “ Aus den Consistorialakten der Jahre 1530-1534”, Rom. 
Quart., VI. 220-236. 
65 Records, XI. 61-66, 208-210, 308-313, 454-460, “America in the Consistorial Con¬ 
gregations ”. Congregation is here used in the sense of meeting, not of special com¬ 
mittee, and the documents used were acta. None of these items relate to the United 
States or Canada. 
P. B. Gams, Series Episcoporum (Ratisbon, 1873). 
57 Hinojosa, Los Despachos, p. xvii. 
5S L. Pastor, Geschichte der Pdpste, vol. I. (Freiburg i. B., 1886), pp. 641-644. 
' A 5J Korzeniowski, Excerpt a, p. 6. 
®° These are originals only from 1517. Pastor, Geschichte der Pdpste, I. 641-644. 
