Foi nomeado Bispo de Macau D. Manuel de S. Galdino. O seu antecessor era D. Marcelino José, e resignou.

This abstract describes a composite historical document comprising multiple transcribed and translated ecclesiastical instruments—primarily papal bulls, apostolic letters, and administrative decrees—originating from the Holy See and Portuguese colonial ecclesiastical authorities between the late 16t...

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Language:Latin
Published: 1802
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Online Access:https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/6FFI8JYJ/viewer_6FFI8JYJ.html
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Summary:This abstract describes a composite historical document comprising multiple transcribed and translated ecclesiastical instruments—primarily papal bulls, apostolic letters, and administrative decrees—originating from the Holy See and Portuguese colonial ecclesiastical authorities between the late 16th and early 19th centuries. The material concerns episcopal appointments, jurisdictional reorganisations, and canonical governance within the Portuguese *Padroado Real* sphere, with particular focus on Macau (Machaon/Machaonensis), Goa, Mangalore (Machaoner), Machico (Madeira), and associated territories including Xiamen (Sjoualetres) and Dapu (Derporali). Key figures include Popes Pius VII and Pius V (the latter reference likely a scribal conflation), Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Bishop Dom Leão de Santa Catarina of Macau, Archbishop Emmanuel de São Paulo Palendo, Bishop-elect Emanuel Olectus (Oliveira) of Macau, and clergy such as Manuel de Seto Falindo and Galindus Decus. The texts address the provision of benefices, confirmation of metropolitan authority, oaths of office, canonical deposition, missionary regulation under *Romanus Pontifex* and *Inter caetera*, and fiscal-administrative arrangements including tithes (*Desús*) and royal patronage. Dating conventions follow both Gregorian and Roman calendrical systems; orthographic variants reflect authentic Lusophone-Latin hybrid usage in colonial chanceries. The document is preserved across archival sources including the Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo (Lisbon) and Macanese episcopal records, and is intended for scholarly analysis of Iberian colonial ecclesiastical governance, canon law application, and Curial–royal jurisdictional negotiation in Asia.
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