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f. 16, no. 8. Jan. 22. D. Gabriele Olivieri “ Hennatense ” is deputed 
missionary under the direction of the Bishop of Quebec, 
ff. 211-212, no. 7. Sept. 24. The French Jesuits petition that orders be 
given the Bishop of Quebec to assign to them a district in South 
America, called “ Missisipi ”, because they are disturbed in all places 
where they go by the missionaries of foreign missions, 
ff. 22-24, no. x 4- Jan. 22 « Doubts proposed by the Bishop of Quebec 
concerning matrimony, and whether it is lawful to take regulars for 
missions without the consent of their superiors ; requests for a license 
for the abbot of St. Andre-au-Bois, Premonstrant, in the diocese of 
Arras, to erect convents and monasteries with the indulgences and 
privileges conceded to the mendicant orders in New France, for the 
grant of a privileged altar in all the churches of the diocese, for ap¬ 
proval of reforms introduced into the monastery of St. Martin of the 
Order of Premonstrants in the diocese of Cambrai, and for dispensa¬ 
tion for thirty ecclesiastics of the said monastery to take their vows 
on having completed one year of novitiate. 
1704 . f. 77, no. 2. Apr. 14. The superior of the Capuchins in America asks 
whether it is possible to concede to secular priests the facolta of 
confession, etc. 
1705 . f. 335, no. 1. Nov. 24. Facolta to the Bishop of Durango. 
1706 . ff. 220-221, no. 9. Aug. 17. Facolta to D. Bonaventura di Rio, to act 
as missionary, and to take four secular priests as companions. 
1707 . ff.16-17, no. 23. Jan. 24. Request from D. Bonaventura Rio, concern¬ 
ing his mission. 
ff. 360-374. Oct. 3. Letters from the Archbishop of Manila, lately chosen 
Bishop of Guadalaxara, concerning eastern affairs and seminaries 
in the churches of America. 
ff. 373-379, no. 2. Oct. 3. Reasons for and against the appointment of 
two or three procurators for each of the four parts of the world. The 
decision being negative, the secretary is instructed to make reports, 
and the frequent appointment of special congregations is recom¬ 
mended. 
ff. 440-441, no. 15. Dec. 5. The superior of the Capuchins in Martinique 
and other islands requests that ships’ chaplains be prohibited from 
exercising ecclesiastical functions on land. 
1708 . Nothing relevant. 
1709 . Nothing relevant. 
1710 . f. 21, no. 2. Jan. 27. Father Francisco del Rey, Minor Observant, pe¬ 
titions to be deputed apostolic preacher in the province of the Holy 
Gospel in Mexico. 
f. 109, no. 6. Apr. 8. The general of the Order of San Juan de Dios 
petitions for a declaration that the priests of his order in Martinique 
and other islands be allowed to administer the sacraments to the 
black slaves dependent on their establishments. 
1711 . Nothing relevant. 
1712 . ff. 61-62. Jan. 25. Facolta conceded to the head vicar of Mexico until 
the new bishop arrives. 
1713 . f. 18, no. 22. Petitions for facolta to the Carmelites of French islands 
in America, from their former provincial, Father Massimino di S. 
Carlo. 
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