(Ms. badly stained) Since it seems convenient to continue a vicar-general in the diocese ... Father Thomas Hasset(t), canon ... royal edict given at Madrid August 4, 1794(?) ... appointment of April 18 ... Hassett is appointed as vicar-general(?) ... (his rights and duties are given(?) ... Given in the episcopal palace. (Penalver's seal is stamped on this page). Father Isidro Quintero signs as secretary.

D.S. (Spanish)

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1796 Oct. 5

Quintero, Father Isidro
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

Hassett appeared before Penalver and accepted (?).

D.S. (Spanish)

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1796 Aug. 8

(Penalver y Cardenas), Luis, Bishop of
New Orleans, Louisiana

to Cardinal Antonino Sen(t)manat y Cartella
(______)

... chaplains ... Easter duty(?) ...

D. Copy (Spanish)

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(1796?)
(Zengobita, John Baptist de), Bishop of
Puerto Rico, (West Indies)

to Bishop Luis Penalver y Cardenas
(New Orleans), Louisiana

Having left El Ferroll (Spain) on February 23, he arrived here March 30. ....

L.S. (Spanish)

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(1796?)

(Penalver y Cardenas, Bishop Luis)
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
to (Bishop John Baptist Zenfobita?)
(______)

... received the letter announcing his arrival(?) ...

L. (Spanish)

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1796 Feb. 8

Sedella, (O.M.Cap.), Father Antonio de
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

to Bishop (Luis Penalver y Cardenas)
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

Sedella, pastor of the Cathedral, calls attention to Article 12 of the Instructions of November 25, 1795 ... going from the English Turn up to Valiza on either side of the river ....

L.S. Copy (Spanish)

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1796 Feb. 27

(Penalver y Cardenas), Bishop (Luis)
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

... Father Estevan de Valoria, O.M.Cap., assistant at the Cathedral ... the parish of St. Bernard at Nueva Galves at the English Turn and its pastor, Father Jose Villaprovedo ... Article 12 of the Instructions ... working particularly in Balisa where there are more people ... the Sacraments ... Formulary of September 3, 1795 ... J(ose)ph Maria de Rivas, secretary notified Sedella, Valoria and Villaprovedo.

D. Copy (Spanish)

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1796 Mar. 1

Rivas, J(ose)ph M(ari)a de
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

The above is a copy of the original document turned over to Villaprovedo.

D.S. (Spanish)

IV-5-l D.S., D. Copy, L.S., L., L.S., Copy 16pp. 4to. (Spanish)
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