O ministro agradece a redução das taxas para os Bispados ultimamente nomeados e pede de novo a redução para as Bulas dos Bispos de Macau, Goa e Porto.

This archival document comprises a series of interrelated royal dispatches and administrative memoranda dating from 1843 to 1858, originating primarily from the Portuguese Legation in Rome and concerning ecclesiastical finance and curial administration within the Portuguese sphere of influence. Key...

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Published: 1843
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Online Access:https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/GKKANGHB/viewer_GKKANGHB.html
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Summary:This archival document comprises a series of interrelated royal dispatches and administrative memoranda dating from 1843 to 1858, originating primarily from the Portuguese Legation in Rome and concerning ecclesiastical finance and curial administration within the Portuguese sphere of influence. Key figures include Evando Riggi, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Apostolic Nunciature in Portugal; Cerini, signatory of an official royal dispatch; W. de V., who signed marginalia; and Monsignor Simonetti, Pro-Secretary of the Consistorial Congregation and later of the Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship. Locations referenced include Lisbon, Braga, Leiria, Porto, Goa, Macau, and Rome. The document addresses the financial distress of Portuguese ecclesiastical institutions—particularly the Patriarchate of Lisbon, Archdiocese of Braga, Diocese of Leiria, and overseas sees of Goa and Macau—and details petitions for reductions in *taxa camerae*, *hiperizias*, and other curial fees, grounded in Portugal’s persistent fiscal deficit and the diminished valuation of overseas bishoprics. It further records the Holy See’s refusal to reduce certain levies while advocating for preferential treatment of ancient sees and proposing proportional realignment of fiscal assessments. The material is essential for scholarly analysis of 19th-century Vatican-Portuguese ecclesiastical diplomacy, colonial fiscal policy, and the administration of papal curial dues in Catholic monarchies.
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