Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1565-1763 -- Sources; Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- History
You order me that in the use of peculiar privileges and delegated in
consequence of the subordination under which these Presbyters declare
themselves. I should grant them the titles they ask of parochial and
assistant in the most approved form under the present state of
affairs--to furnish them with the Holy Oil as long as there should be no
reason for withholding it, and take entire care of those faithful,
governing them by means of these ministers, and taking as many
precautions as I consider proper to the preservation of the faith,
availing myself in case of need of the Governor and Captain-General of
this Island. Your Majesty advises me of the official letters addressed
by the Secretary of State to the Court of London, representing clearly
what was said by the Bishop of Minorca, and also the result of the
solicitation which by your order has aided the Rev. Archbishop of
Valencia with his Holiness, in obtaining from him an extension of the
privileges granted these Ecclesiastics extend even beyond mine--and it
is well and needed for the spiritual good of this Catholic portion. Have
the goodness to permit me to express the sweet commotion my soul has
felt at seeing the proper zeal on the part of your Majesty, and the
interest you take in extending the Kingdom of Christ over all the world.
This example must influence the Pastors, as we have the honor of
rendering homage to so great and Catholic a Monarch.
As to the instructions of your Sovereign Majesty that I should
communicate your resolutions to the Marquez de la Torre, the new
Governor and Captain-General of this city and Island, I did not have to
encourage his zeal in the affair. Full of the greatest energy in the
service of God and your Majesty, he immediately fitted up a vessel
which, under the pretext of fishing along the coast of Florida, should
approach Mosquito Inlet and deliver to Dr. Pedro Campos, through safe
hands, the two titles, for himself that of Parish Priest and Vicar for
his companion, Pedro Casanovas--a delegation of various privileges I
have considered advisable for the spiritual good of that Diocese under
its dangerous constitution. A casket containing three vessels of the
Holy Oil needed, and two assistants for the divine worship, all of which
I offer up to the service of God.
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