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Propaganda Fide 
1666 . ff. 44-45, no. 5. Feb. 25. Relation of the state of missions in Canada, 
and appointment of a special congregation to consider the erection of 
a bishopric at Quebec. 
ff. 263-265, no. 27. Sept. 20. Foundation of a mission in “ terra australe 
incognita ”, in connection with new company united with the French 
East India company. The mission was to be sustained by communi¬ 
cation with America. 
1667 . f. 5, no. 11. Jan. 10. On the erection of a bishopric at Quebec. 
f. 49, no. 16. Mar. 1. Request of the vicar apostolic of Canada, for a 
holy body. 
ff. 203-204, no. 12. Sept. 12. On the erection of Quebec into an episco¬ 
pal see. 
ff. 252-253, no. 18. Nov. 28. Request of the Bishop of Petraea (Laval) 
for the erection into parishes of the church of Quebec and other rural 
churches. 
1668 . f. 74, no. 54. May 7. Facoltd for missionaries in the Western Indies. 
1669 . f. 47, no. 14. Mar. 21. Foundation of a seminary for missions at Paris, 
f. 55, no. 28. Mar. 26. Pierre de Neufville, missionary of Newfound¬ 
land, asks for certain facoltd. Nuncio at Paris to be requested to 
send information. 
ff. 130-131, no. 36. Apr. 2. Facoltd for priests accompanying French 
merchants to the islands of America, 
f. 137, no. 42. Apr. 2. The vicar apostolic of Canada records the order 
for the erection of that church into a bishopric, discussing the attempt 
of the Archbishop of Rouen to exercise jurisdiction, 
ff. 212-213, no. 43. May 13. Request of a French priest for facoltd to 
serve the French who go to Newfoundland. 
1670 . ff. 16-17, no. 22. June 2. From the Bishop of Petraea (Laval) on cer¬ 
tain nuns established in Canada. 
ff. 68-69, June 17; and f. 234, no. 29, Dec. 1. On the erection of the 
church of Quebec into a bishopric. 
1671 . f. 16, no. 27. Jan. 12. Request of the Bishop of Petraea for the erec¬ 
tion of the church of Quebec into a bishopric, 
f. 88. Apr. 7. Petition of the Bishop of Petraea that the bull for the 
church of Quebec be expedited by the “ via segreta 
ff. 126-127, no. 19. Apr. 27. Decrees made at the request of the bishop, 
against the regulars in the diocese of Cuba, 
ff. 137-138, no. 29. Apr. 27. Deputation of Capuchin missionaries, for 
a station in “ Lorenzo Vanheuskert ” near the sea of “ Corvia ”, 
called the Florida of the North, in North America, 
f. 407, no. 42. Dec. 14. Request of the prefect of the mission of the 
Dominicans in the French islands of the West Indies, for the exten¬ 
sion of the mission into the islands subject to England and Holland.” 
1672 . f. 3, no. 9. Jan. 11. Refusal of the request of Brother Dionisius of Pia¬ 
cenza to go as chaplain on the fleet that navigates the ocean, 
ff. 149-150, no. 62. May 30. Considerations of the vicar apostolic of Hol¬ 
land, forwarded by the nuncio at Brussels, on requests for a mission 
in the American islands. 
89 There is much material relating to these islands, but only a few items are here 
given. Maryland and the island of Marie Galante were often confused, and their iden¬ 
tity can be determined only by the context. 
