Processo acerca do acordo entre o Bispo de Macau e o Prefeito Apostólico de Cantão relativamente à troca de jursidição sobre a ilha de Hainan e o distrito de Shao-King (Shew-ing)
This 1907 ecclesiastical and diplomatic correspondence, originating from the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Diocese of Macau, and colonial administrative offices, documents the protracted negotiations between the Bishop of Macau and the Apostolic Prefect of Canton concerning the exchang...
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| Format: | Manuscripts |
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| Language: | pt-PT |
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1907
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| Subjects: |
Apostolic Prefecture of Canton
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Asian missions
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Church Administration
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Church-State Relations
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Colonial Administrative Offices
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Compensation claims
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Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith
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Diocese of Macau
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Diplomatic Correspondence
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Early 20th Century
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Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Transfer
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Ecclesiastical dispute
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French missionaries
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Hainan Island jurisdiction
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Historical church boundaries
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Jurisdictional Conflict
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Macau Bishop vs. Canton Prefect
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Mission property valuations
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Papal Decree
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Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Sino-Portuguese diplomacy
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Territorial exchange
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Vatican policy
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Zhaoqing district
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Manuscripts
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/WWMPGPKY/viewer_WWMPGPKY.html |
| Summary: | This 1907 ecclesiastical and diplomatic correspondence, originating from the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Diocese of Macau, and colonial administrative offices, documents the protracted negotiations between the Bishop of Macau and the Apostolic Prefect of Canton concerning the exchange of ecclesiastical jurisdictions over Hainan Island and the Shaoqing (or Shew-ing) district. The dispute arose from the implementation of a 1903 decree by the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, later clarified by a pontifical rescript of 16 March 1904, which mandated the transfer of Hainan to the jurisdiction of the Apostolic Prefecture of Canton in exchange for the Shaoqing district being assigned to the Diocese of Macau. Despite formal agreement on the territorial exchange, resistance emerged over claims of compensation based on discrepancies in mission property valuations and opposition from French missionaries operating under the Paris Foreign Missions Society. The Bishop of Macau contested demands for financial indemnity, asserting that the papal decrees did not permit such conditions and that prior precedent—specifically the 1874 annexation of Hainan to Macau—had involved no compensation. The file includes official dispatches, telegrams, inventories, and memoranda detailing failed handover attempts, political interventions by the Portuguese and French governments, and the Bishop of Macau’s personal appeal to the Holy See in Rome during 1907. Ultimately, the Holy See reaffirmed the original terms, rejecting additional claims and insisting on the unqualified execution of the jurisdictional exchange. This document provides critical insight into ecclesiastical diplomacy, colonial-era church-state relations, and the interplay between local missionary interests and transnational religious authority in early 20th-century China. |
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