O Arcebispo de Goa pede o Palio.

Resource type
Title
O Arcebispo de Goa pede o Palio.
Abstract
This archival document is a formal ecclesiastical letter dated October 1773, originating from Lisbon and addressed to the Bishop of Pernambuco, who held the concurrent titles of Archbishop and Primate of the East. Authored by Dom Francisco de Almada Mendonça, identified as ‘The Most Reverend and Most Excellent’, the letter concerns the conferral of the pallium—a liturgical vestment signifying metropolitan authority—upon the addressee as Primate of the East. The text records that the pallium has already been received and reflects upon a recent in-person meeting in which the author observed the recipient’s health. It further documents the appointment of a procurator to petition the Pope for the pallium following the recipient’s confirmation as Primate Bishop, and encloses a formal power of attorney (procuração) with designated blank spaces for insertion of the procurator’s name(s). The correspondence underscores hierarchical ecclesiastical protocol, deference to papal authority, and administrative procedures within the Portuguese colonial ecclesiastical structure of the late eighteenth century. Key locations include Lisbon and Pernambuco; central figures are Dom Francisco de Almada Mendonça and the unnamed but titled Archbishop and Primate of the East, Bishop of Pernambuco. The document serves as primary evidence of metropolitan jurisdictional validation, diplomatic-religious practice, and colonial church governance in the Portuguese Atlantic world.
Date
1773
Archive
Portugal. Arquivo Diplomático e Biblioteca do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros
Loc. in Archive
Arquivo da Embaixada de Portugal Junto da Santa Sé até 1930
Short Title
Archbishop of Goa asks for a Palio
Call Number
33, Maço 7
Extra
Doc.16
Notes

Transcription

Page 1

Sec.
Sec. Oriente — Doc.
~~~ ~~~
Par de Graça, Primaz do Oriente,
ludê o Palio.


Page 2

Não sem receio de prejudicar as importantes
de V. Ex.a vou com esta segunda carta depois de
5
ver
a sua saúde, receber do benévolo ânimo de V. Ex.a a graça
de querer determinar pessoa, a quem eu deva fazer Procurador
supplicar a S. Sanctidade o Pallio logo que for Confirmado
bispo Primaz. Por este motivo remeto a Procuração e
com os claros em que se devem escrever os nomes das
pessoas a quem V. Ex.a for servido cometer semelhante diligência.
E para todas as Ordens de V. Ex.a repito aquela re-
verência e obediência, que lhe professa a minha obrigação.
Lx.a
Lx.a
Deos guarde a V. Ex.a m.e á. Lx.a
Outubro de 1773.
H.mo e Ex.mo
D. Francisco d’Almada Mendonça.
De V. Ex.a
M.to fiel cobrig. Servi
A Bispo de Pernambuco e Arcebispo e
Primaz do Oriente.
e

Translation

Page 1

Section
Section for the East — Document

~~~ ~~~
Pair of Grace, Primate of the East,
has received the pallium.


Page 2

Not without some apprehension lest I should prejudice the important matters entrusted to Your Excellency, I write this second letter following our recent meeting—during which I observed Your Excellency’s health—and having received, through Your Excellency’s benevolent disposition, the gracious favour of appointing a procurator to petition His Holiness the Pope for the pallium immediately upon Your Excellency’s confirmation as Primate Bishop.

In consequence of this, I enclose herewith the formal power of attorney (procuração), together with blank spaces clearly indicated where the names of the individual(s) whom Your Excellency may wish to appoint for this purpose are to be inserted.

With regard to all instructions issued by Your Excellency, I reaffirm the profound reverence and obedience which my duty obliges me to render.

Lisbon
Lisbon
May God preserve Your Excellency, and likewise myself, in His grace.
October 1773

The Most Reverend and Most Excellent
Dom Francisco de Almada Mendonça

Your Excellency’s
Most faithful and obedient servant

To the Bishop of Pernambuco, and Archbishop and Primate of the East

Transcription

Page 1

Sec.
Sec. Oriente — Doc.
~~~ ~~~
Par de Graça, Primaz do Oriente,
ludê o Palio.


Page 2

Não sem receio de prejudicar as importantes
de V. Ex.a vou com esta segunda carta depois de
5
ver
a sua saúde, receber do benévolo ânimo de V. Ex.a a graça
de querer determinar pessoa, a quem eu deva fazer Procurador
supplicar a S. Sanctidade o Pallio logo que for Confirmado
bispo Primaz. Por este motivo remeto a Procuração e
com os claros em que se devem escrever os nomes das
pessoas a quem V. Ex.a for servido cometer semelhante diligência.
E para todas as Ordens de V. Ex.a repito aquela re-
verência e obediência, que lhe professa a minha obrigação.
Lx.a
Lx.a
Deos guarde a V. Ex.a m.e á. Lx.a
Outubro de 1773.
H.mo e Ex.mo
D. Francisco d’Almada Mendonça.
De V. Ex.a
M.to fiel cobrig. Servi
A Bispo de Pernambuco e Arcebispo e
Primaz do Oriente.
e

Translation

Page 1

Section
Section for the East — Document

~~~ ~~~
Pair of Grace, Primate of the East,
has received the pallium.


Page 2

Not without some apprehension lest I should prejudice the important matters entrusted to Your Excellency, I write this second letter following our recent meeting—during which I observed Your Excellency’s health—and having received, through Your Excellency’s benevolent disposition, the gracious favour of appointing a procurator to petition His Holiness the Pope for the pallium immediately upon Your Excellency’s confirmation as Primate Bishop.

In consequence of this, I enclose herewith the formal power of attorney (procuração), together with blank spaces clearly indicated where the names of the individual(s) whom Your Excellency may wish to appoint for this purpose are to be inserted.

With regard to all instructions issued by Your Excellency, I reaffirm the profound reverence and obedience which my duty obliges me to render.

Lisbon
Lisbon
May God preserve Your Excellency, and likewise myself, in His grace.
October 1773

The Most Reverend and Most Excellent
Dom Francisco de Almada Mendonça

Your Excellency’s
Most faithful and obedient servant

To the Bishop of Pernambuco, and Archbishop and Primate of the East

Citation
O Arcebispo de Goa pede o Palio. (1773). Portugal. Arquivo Diplomático e Biblioteca do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros (Arquivo da Embaixada de Portugal Junto da Santa Sé até 1930). http://43.156.68.124/docs/94NUDT9G/viewer_94NUDT9G.html