erything that pertains to the administration of sacraments,
to the jurisdiction, visit, and correction of the bishop in whose
diocese they minister. For, as is evident by the said brief, his
Holiness was requested, at the instance of his Majesty, to be pleased
to decree concerning as many things as had been ordered in the holy
council of Trent; namely: first, that marriages should not be allowed
to be celebrated except in the presence of the parish priest or by his
permission; second, that the religious could not preach without the
permission of the bishop; third, that they could not hear confessions
without having been examined by the ordinary; fourth, that the bishops
could erect new parishes in places very far apart. [18]

And in regard to the fact that the religious were exercising the
duties of parish priests in the Yndias, it was necessary to provide
relief in the above four things. His Holiness, in accordance with that
petition and request, decides the first three points in favor of the
said religious, so that, having been examined and approved by their
superiors, in the form ordered by the said brief, the permission of
the ordinaries was not necessary in order to exercise their offices;
and then his Holiness, immediately providing for the fourth, orders
that there be no innovation by the ordinaries in the custom followed
before. Consequently, his Holiness decided in this regard that, if
it were the custom before the council for the ordinaries to erect new
parishes in the missions administered by the religious of the Yndias,
his Holiness orders that that custom be retained; and if not, that
there be no innovation; and that the said brief does not treat of
other things. Consequently, his Lordship orders that the visitation
that he has commenced be continued; and he made declaration to that
effect through the interpreter, Christoval de Vera. Thus did he decree
and order, and he affixed his signature.

_Fray Miguel_, archbishop.
Before me:
_Licentiate Alonso Ramirez_

[Father Fray Alonso de Valdemoro, definitor of the province of
San Gregorio, was then president and minister of the mission and
ministry of Dilao. In consequence of the aforesaid, the archbishop
having ordered him to open the sacristy, in order to inspect the holy
sacrament, and to examine the adornment that was there, he said that
he could not do it. Notwithstanding that reply, the prelate ordered
him once more to open the sacristy, where the