VICARIATES OF AMERICA
II. "They (Sacred Congregation of Propaganda) have also sanctioned the union of the three vicariates of America into one Province and have decided that in view of the actual circumstances of America and the Congregation in general, the seat of the Province will temporarily be at Notre Dame du Lac, until such time as the Sacred Congregation shall have decided otherwise"--Letter #177, p. 333; Moreau, 1864.