Bull for the See of Charleston page 1
Title
Bull for the See of Charleston page 1
Subject
Bishops -- South Carolina -- Charleston
Bulls (papal records)
Catholic Church -- Doctrines
Catholic Church. Diocese of Charleston (S.C.) -- History
Church records
Bulls (papal records)
Catholic Church -- Doctrines
Catholic Church. Diocese of Charleston (S.C.) -- History
Church records
Description
1820 Bull for the erection of the Episcopal See of Charleston and of the naming of the first Bishop of Charleston, Doctor John England.
Creator
Consalvi, Ercole, 1757-1824
Source
Archdiocese of Baltimore Archives, Associated Archives at St. Mary's Seminary & University, found in the following collection: Archbishops’ Papers, General, Special B Collection, Roman Documents, 1783-1863, pp. 25-27.
Publisher
Archdiocese of Baltimore Archives
Date
1820
Contributor
Archdiocese of Baltimore Archives
Rights
Digital image copyright 2012, The Diocese of Charleston. All rights reserved. For more information contact The Diocese of Charleston Office of Archives and Records Management, Charleston, SC 29401.
Format
jpeg
Language
Latin
Type
Manuscripts
Identifier
1820_Bull_01
Coverage
South Carolina
Original Format
Paper
Text
Bull for the Erection of the Episcopal See of Charleston and of the Naming of the First Bishop The Most Reverend Doctor John England.
Pope Pius VII, Beloved Brother, Greetings and Apostolic Benediction Among the numerous and very important concerns of our apostolic office, not the least of them is care for the conditions of the dioceses throughout the world; indeed of our ultimate responsibility and right to govern them, to establish or change their boundaries; as well be, by reason of times or circumstances, to make changes conducive to the advantage of the faithful. What with the vast size of the Diocese of Baltimore, we have approved the separation of the Provinces of Carolina and Georgia taken together, in the United States, from the Diocese [of Baltimore] so that the Archbishop of Baltimore will no longer have the burden of caring for them. The Diocese shall have given its own advice and consent beforehand, so that the aforementioned provinces, separated from the Diocese of Baltimore, might be erected into a new Episcopal Suffragan See of Baltimore. We, with the agreement of His Most Reverend and Eminent Cardinal for matters of the Propagation of the Faith concerning the proposal, determine and decree that, with the aforementioned dismembration from the Baltimore Diocese, a new Church with a Bishop be erected in the City of Carolopolis, in English, Charlestown, which embraces both Carolina and Georgia. Accordingly, mindful of present circumstances and filled with apostolic enthusiasm, We erect the new Church with a Bishop, a Suffragan Church of Baltimore, with its having all the rights and privileges accorded by the sacred canons to such approved churches. We also, in order to provide for the newly established Church and its Bishop promptly and fruitfully, a task which no one except Ourselves might or can fulfill, here done due diligence, exercising fatherly and solicitous care and deliberation concerning the appointment of a highly qualified person to be its Bishop. This included the recommendations of the Cardinals of the Propagation of the Faith.
Pope Pius VII, Beloved Brother, Greetings and Apostolic Benediction Among the numerous and very important concerns of our apostolic office, not the least of them is care for the conditions of the dioceses throughout the world; indeed of our ultimate responsibility and right to govern them, to establish or change their boundaries; as well be, by reason of times or circumstances, to make changes conducive to the advantage of the faithful. What with the vast size of the Diocese of Baltimore, we have approved the separation of the Provinces of Carolina and Georgia taken together, in the United States, from the Diocese [of Baltimore] so that the Archbishop of Baltimore will no longer have the burden of caring for them. The Diocese shall have given its own advice and consent beforehand, so that the aforementioned provinces, separated from the Diocese of Baltimore, might be erected into a new Episcopal Suffragan See of Baltimore. We, with the agreement of His Most Reverend and Eminent Cardinal for matters of the Propagation of the Faith concerning the proposal, determine and decree that, with the aforementioned dismembration from the Baltimore Diocese, a new Church with a Bishop be erected in the City of Carolopolis, in English, Charlestown, which embraces both Carolina and Georgia. Accordingly, mindful of present circumstances and filled with apostolic enthusiasm, We erect the new Church with a Bishop, a Suffragan Church of Baltimore, with its having all the rights and privileges accorded by the sacred canons to such approved churches. We also, in order to provide for the newly established Church and its Bishop promptly and fruitfully, a task which no one except Ourselves might or can fulfill, here done due diligence, exercising fatherly and solicitous care and deliberation concerning the appointment of a highly qualified person to be its Bishop. This included the recommendations of the Cardinals of the Propagation of the Faith.
Files
Citation
Consalvi, Ercole, 1757-1824, “Bull for the See of Charleston page 1,” Diocese of Charleston Archives, accessed April 20, 2024, https://dioceseofcharleston.omeka.net/items/show/1.