his
Holiness Gregory Fourteenth, and of his Majesty's decrees, of which
mention is made above; and he signed the same.

_Fray Miguel_, archbishop.

Before me:

_Licentiate Alonso Ramirez_

In the town of Quiapo, on the twenty-fourth day of the month of June,
one thousand six hundred and twenty-two, the illustrious lord Don
Fray Miguel Garcia Serrano, archbishop of the Philipinas, member
of his Majesty's council, etc., declared that he ordered--and he
did so order--that that notification that his illustrious Lordship
ordered to be made and that he made, to the superiors of the religious
orders--namely, the order mentioned in the act of the twenty-second of
this month, which was made on account of the visitation of Dilao--be
filed with the [records of the] said visitation, which is to be begun
on this said day, of the said mission and ministry of Dilao. Thus
did he decree and order.

_Fray Miguel_, archbishop.

Before me:

_Licentiate Alonso Ramirez_

Very reverend fathers in Christ, the provincials of the holy orders of
these Philipinas Islands: Being obliged to carry out the ordinance and
mandate of the holy council of Trent and the decrees of his Majesty in
regard to the examination and visitation which I have to make of the
religious who are administering the missions of natives in my diocese,
I deemed it advisable, in order to attain my object better, to inform
your Paternities of it before beginning it--so that, understanding
the matter, it might be facilitated and observed by your Paternities
with the good-will and exactness that are proper, and which you have
always displayed in obeying and observing the mandates of the holy
apostolic see and those of his Majesty.

As your Paternities know, chapter 11 of the 25th session of the holy
council of Trent, _De regularibus et monialibus_, rules and orders
that the religious who exercise the duties of curas of souls be
immediately subject as regards such duties, and in everything that
pertains to the administration of sacraments, to the jurisdiction,
visit, and correction of the bishop in whose diocese they administer;
and that no one, though he be _amovilibis ad nutum_, may exercise
the said duty of cura without first having obtained the consent of,
and been examined by, the bishop or his vicar, etc. Both the bishops
and the superiors of the religious, and the religious themselves,
are strictly ordered to observe and fulfil the above, as ordered by