Carta Queimada: Sobre o Coadjutor de Nanquim

Resource type
Title
Carta Queimada: Sobre o Coadjutor de Nanquim
Abstract
This abstract describes a formal royal letter dated 3 June 1778, issued by the Viscount of Vila Nova da Cerveira from the Palace of Nossa Senhora da Ajuda, addressed to Friar Nathan Guifet (also recorded as Fray Natanael Gurgel), confirming the appointment of an individual—whose name is redacted or illegible in the original document—as coadjutor bishop and designated successor to the Bishop of Nanking. The document references a confirmatory papal bull and outlines procedural requirements for verifying the appointee’s canonical qualifications in anticipation of formal papal confirmation. It further states that Her Most Serene Highness the Queen, acting through royal warrant concerning the affairs of the Kingdom, authorised the issuance of a Royal Letter of Appointment composed in accordance with established legal and ecclesiastical form. The text reflects the interplay between Portuguese crown authority and Catholic ecclesiastical governance in the late eighteenth century, particularly concerning episcopal appointments in China. Researchers will find this document valuable for studying colonial-era ecclesiastical administration, Sino-Portuguese religious diplomacy, and the mechanisms of royal patronage in the Catholic Church’s missionary hierarchy. The document forms part of Bundle B, Document 88, within a larger archival collection designated as Lecture Continuation, and bears the folio number 127.
Date
1778
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
About Coadjutor of Nanjing
Language
Portuguese
Call Number
33, Maço 7
Extra
Doc.22
Notes

Transcription

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127
Lec. Continuete - B- Doc. 88
1
Carta que nave : - Carta de Visconde
de Vila Nova da Cerveira ao Fr. Natan
ao Guifet, bastificando a nomea-
ção de … por coadjutor e futu-
ro sucessor dos Bispos de Nankim

Deos guarde
Bulla Confirmatoria


Page 2

⁋xxx recommendo
por bem nomeá-lo, para
seu Successor do actual Bispo
⁋e Nankim. O que participo a U. S.
a mandar tratar das suas habilitações
para da Sua Bulla Confirmatoria. E por esta
Carta de Estado dos Negócios do Reino, tem a S.
¶ Senhora feito expedir a sua Carta Régia de Nomeação na forma do estilo.
Deos quarde a U. P. Palácio de Nossa Senhora
⁊ Ajuda em 3 de Junho de 1778. ¶Visconde de la Cerveira. S. Fray Natanael Gurgel.

Translation

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127
Lecture Continuation – Bundle B, Document 88

1
Letter from the Viscount of Vila Nova da Cerveira to Friar Nathan Guifet, confirming the appointment of [name redacted or illegible in original] as coadjutor bishop—and future successor—to the Bishop of Nanking

May God preserve you.

Confirmatory Papal Bull


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⁋xxx I hereby recommend
that he be appointed as successor to the current Bishop
of Nankim. I inform Your Grace of this and instruct you to arrange for the processing of his canonical qualifications in preparation for the issuance of his papal bull of confirmation. By virtue of this Royal Warrant concerning the affairs of the Kingdom, Her Most Serene Highness the Queen has ordered the issue of his Royal Letter of Appointment, drawn up in accordance with established form.

May God preserve Your Grace.
Palace of Nossa Senhora da Ajuda, 3 June 1778.
Viscount of La Cerveira
S. Fray Natanael Gurgel

Transcription

Page 1

127
Lec. Continuete - B- Doc. 88
1
Carta que nave : - Carta de Visconde
de Vila Nova da Cerveira ao Fr. Natan
ao Guifet, bastificando a nomea-
ção de … por coadjutor e futu-
ro sucessor dos Bispos de Nankim

Deos guarde
Bulla Confirmatoria


Page 2

⁋xxx recommendo
por bem nomeá-lo, para
seu Successor do actual Bispo
⁋e Nankim. O que participo a U. S.
a mandar tratar das suas habilitações
para da Sua Bulla Confirmatoria. E por esta
Carta de Estado dos Negócios do Reino, tem a S.
¶ Senhora feito expedir a sua Carta Régia de Nomeação na forma do estilo.
Deos quarde a U. P. Palácio de Nossa Senhora
⁊ Ajuda em 3 de Junho de 1778. ¶Visconde de la Cerveira. S. Fray Natanael Gurgel.

Translation

Page 1

127
Lecture Continuation – Bundle B, Document 88

1
Letter from the Viscount of Vila Nova da Cerveira to Friar Nathan Guifet, confirming the appointment of [name redacted or illegible in original] as coadjutor bishop—and future successor—to the Bishop of Nanking

May God preserve you.

Confirmatory Papal Bull


Page 2

⁋xxx I hereby recommend
that he be appointed as successor to the current Bishop
of Nankim. I inform Your Grace of this and instruct you to arrange for the processing of his canonical qualifications in preparation for the issuance of his papal bull of confirmation. By virtue of this Royal Warrant concerning the affairs of the Kingdom, Her Most Serene Highness the Queen has ordered the issue of his Royal Letter of Appointment, drawn up in accordance with established form.

May God preserve Your Grace.
Palace of Nossa Senhora da Ajuda, 3 June 1778.
Viscount of La Cerveira
S. Fray Natanael Gurgel

Citation
Carta Queimada: Sobre o Coadjutor de Nanquim. (1778). 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/VCUSCKIZ/viewer_VCUSCKIZ.html