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El Exmo. Sr. Presidente interino de la República Mexicana se ha servido dirigirme el decreto que sigue. El Presidente interino de la República Mexicana, á los habitantes de ella, sabed: Que el Congreso general ha decretado lo siguiente. Art. 1.⁰ El Gobierno, oyendo á los que por derecho toque, y á los demás que juzgue oportuno, formará un expediente instructivo de la necesidad que haya de erigir un obispado en las dos Californias

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Description: Joaquin de Iturbide, on the letterhead of his Secretaria de Justicia y Negocios Eclesiasticos, promulgates the congressional decree ordering initiation of the process of elevating the Californias to the status of a bishopric, the selection of a candidate for the position of bishop to be proposed for the pope, the appropriation of 3000 pesos for financing the process, and the appropriation of an additional 6000 pesos annually for the maintenance of the see until it establishes its own financing. The mandate also entrusts to the bishop and his successors the administration of the California Pious Fund.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1836]
Call number: 645995
Creator: Mexico(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company, September 2016.
Dimensions: 30 cm
Associated people: Iturbide, Joaquin de.
Associated organizations: Mexico.; Mexico.
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