Saratow and Astracan,
together with the regions that are subject to the general government of
the Caucasus.

In glancing at the articles of the Concordat, the Catholic reader will be
agreeably surprised to observe that in so many important things the wishes
of the Holy Father were acceded to, whilst it is matter for regret that in
regard to others the Plenipotentiaries could not come to an understanding.
It is provided by the 2nd and 3rd articles that apostolic letters under
the leaden seal shall determine the extent and limits of the dioceses, as
indicated in article 1st. The decrees of execution shall express the
number and the names of the parishes of each diocese, and shall be
submitted for the sanction of the Holy See. The number of suffragan
bishoprics, as settled by the apostolic letters of Pius VI. in 1789, is
retained in the six ancient dioceses. In the following articles, from 4 to
10, it is agreed that the suffragan of the new diocese of Kherson shall
reside in the town of Saratow. The annual allowance to the Bishop of
Kherson shall be 4,480 silver roubles. His suffragan shall have the same
income as the other bishops of the Empire, viz.: 2,000 silver roubles. The
chapter of the Cathedral Church of Kherson shall consist of nine members,
viz.: two prelates or dignitaries, the president and archdeacon; four
canons, of whom three shall discharge the duties of theologian,
penitentiary and rector; and three resident priests, or beneficiaries. In
the new bishopric of Kherson there shall be a diocesan seminary, in which
from fifteen to twenty-five students shall be supported at the cost of the
government, the same as those who enjoy a pension in other seminaries.
Until a Catholic bishop of the Armenian rite is named, the spiritual wants
of the Armenian Catholics of the dioceses of Kherson and Kaminiec shall be
provided for by applying the ninth chapter of the Council of Lateran, held
in 1215. The bishops of Kaminiec and Kherson shall determine the number of
Catholic Armenian ecclesiastics who shall be educated in their seminaries
at the expense of the government. In each of these seminaries there shall
reside a Catholic Armenian priest, in order to instruct the students in
the ceremonies of their national rite. As often as the spiritual wants of
the Armenian Roman Catholics of the newly-instituted diocese of Kherson
shall require it, the bishop, besides the means hitherto employed for this
purpose, may send priests