https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/42465/archive/files/2d0fd26c616e3e0b8a4162a7f68fbbff.pdf?Expires=1784764800&Signature=jts%7Eb%7ElkfdmIgWNdJlY9Itq%7EkeSIwCKXkONz5i5Bg0Nv0ok1ht3QF4wbVn73db-TzfpNslRinkuR79KCwoWXsmIaBdjYD1TcKmyRBnRPsNG%7EUBw95EJcfFIVPk2V4m3VJKB9C59lTwc87kN3txWx4U0zU8dw5O0nP5YfHkGCpELHnDQ5mPL2FbHQ5H1MyBFmv739Z-j17yxpzRmMvxgETJOxYSroNJz%7EnRnkCpgoKAT2zHDIyKLMN0k7scsEzUHPCjT-uU4S6hM5gS1APwfKkGyiXIosIfHqCvoWSvsseZIoaNhteLYG0mCHlGBX%7Evu0nml1PvZba8OfU1ccPKpl1g__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 971b394029d0e74a30e14e489737bc1c PDF Text Text MrLITARY DEPARTMEN'r, 4f MAY 1889, No . .(52..-8&. GOVERNMENT OF MADRAS. MILITAR Y DE PAR T ME N T. Ecclesiastical-Roman Catholic Church, Read the following papers :- No/3 4- From the Right Rev. Dr. H. J. REE D daSIL V A, Bishop of Mylapore, l!Jxcellency the Governor of Madras; dated Myla,porP, 3rd October to His 1888. 1 have the honor to bring to the notice of Y our Excellency that by stipulations of the new Concordat betweeri Ris Roliness the Pope and the King of Portugal, it has been agreed that St. Thomas' Mount should be handed over to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of t,he Bishop of Mylapore. ln virtue of this provision I am constituted the sole ecclesiastical superior of the Roman Catholic community of St. íJ.'homas' Mount, and consequently request that Your Excellency will be so good as to direct your Government to acknowledge me in the sarne capacity with regard to the J:foman Catholic Chaplaincy in St. Thomas' Mount, a former dependency of Dr. Colgan, then Vicar-.A.postolic of Madras, in order to enable me to forward direct to your Government all official papers connected with the above chaplaincy; and as the actual Chaplain is about to be transferred, I have selected as his successor the Rev. Basil Antunes Moreira, a European clergyman, possessing a knowledge of the English language and other qnalifications required by Government, and now request Your Excellency to be good enough to sanctiqn his appointment. Transferred to the Chief Secretary to Government for disposal. (By Order.) (Signed) •5th October 1888. J. D. REES, Private Secy. to His Excellency the Governor. Transferred to the Military Department with reference to Proceedings in that department, 18th April 1887, No. 2254. , (By Order.) (Signed) 31st October 1888. W. S. MEYER, Ag. Assistant Secretarp. No./JJ From the Most Reverend J. OOLGAN, Archbishop of Madras, to the Priva te Secretary to His Excellency the Guvernor; dated 24th Novernber 1888. I have much pleasure in replying to the questions of Ris Excellency the Governar conveyed in your note of yesterday. lst.-Have you been the sole authority through whom Roma11 Catholíc Chaplains have been appointed by Government throughout the Presidency, or in any, and what part thereof ? All appointments to Military chaplaincies throughout the entire Presirlency have been made through me, and on my application to Government, since the death of the late Right Rev. S. Fennelly. ~l'his has been the rulei wíthout exception~ �-' __,...,._.,.,..._..__..,_..._...,- 2 . ____ __ __ ~~-----~--------~ .........,..,,_,.....,._,,...,,._......._._ ._...,...,_......_..._....,......,..._.......,._..._..._...,_.,,,,,,...,,, Mr11TARY DEPARTMENT,t{/. MAY 1889, No.3-Z25Ó7 that has been followed during the incumbency of the following prelates, my predecessors in offiee, from 1836, when * Marked B. the subjoined notification * was published in the Fort 8t. George Gazette, down to the present time :-The Right,Rev. Dr. O'Oonnor, the Right Rev. P. J. Carew, the Right Rev. J. Fennelly, and the Right Rev. S . .Fennelly. 2nd.- Whetber you have any resolutions of th~ Government of India or Madras otber than tbat sent you yesterday? Yes, I send you the annexed statet Marked .A. ment, t which, I think, will fully meet this question. 3rd.-Whether there are any Bishops in the Presidency who make applications to Government througb you ? There are in the Presidency tbe followin(J' Archbishops and Bishops :-the . Archbishop of Pondicherry, with bis four Suffragan Bishops-the Bishops of Trichinopoly, Mysore, Ooimbatore and Mangalore-all of whom, with the exception of the Ia.st ( wbo is an Italian), are Frenchmen; the Archbishop of Verapoly, with bis Suffragan of Quilon and bis Coadjutor Bishop, who are all Italians; my own three Suffragans-the Bishops of Hyderabad, Vizagapatam and N agpur-all forward whatever applications tbey have to make to Government through me. The jurisdiction of these Bishops extends over the whole of the Madras Presidency, and over the States of Hyderabad, Mysore and Travancore. I may add that during my own time the undermentioned prelates have sent applications to Government through me for the appointment of Ohaplains, for tbe erection of a cburch, and for other matters where the intervention of Government was necessary :-The füght Rev. Dr. Tissot, Vizagapatam; the Right Rev. Dr. Bardou, Ooimbatore; the Right Rev. Dr. Coadow, Bangalore; the Right Rev. P~gani, Mangalore; the Right Rev. Dr. Oaprotti, Hyderâbad (Deccan); and the R1ght Rev. Dr. Ossi, Bi._shopand Administrator of Quilon. I may also mention that the Supreme Government, in their Order No. 113, dated 6th May l886-communicated to me t~rougb the Military Department, Madras, in an Order No. 98, dated 24th May 1886-states that " the provision of Romari Catholic Priests for the troops in Upper Barma rests with the authorities of the Roman Catholíc Church at Madras." Trusting this letter, with the enclosed statement, will prove satisfactory. To the Secreta1·y to the Government of India, Military Department ,· dated 9th Ja,nuary 1889, No. 77. No.;5S- F'rom A. P. MAODONNELL, Esq., c.s.r., Secretary to the Gove1·nmentof India, to the Secretary to the Governrnent ot'Madras; dated Oalcutta, the 16th March 1889, No. 102. I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter t ~o. 77, dated the 9th January 1889, in whicb you submit t .Addressed to the Military Department. for orders the request of the Bishop of Mylapore to be recognised as tbe sole ecclesiastical superior of the Roman Oatholic community, including the British troops at St. Thomas' l\fount~ and, as such, entitled to nominate Roman Oatholic Chaplains for the Military Cantonment ofSt. rrhomas' Mount and also to address Government direct in all matters connected with tlie chaplaincy at ·that station. These requests are based on the Concordat recently entered into between Ris Holiness the Pope and the King of Portugal, by w•hich the Military Cantonment of St. Thomas' Mount-a formAr ecclesiastical charge of the Right Rev. Dr. Colgan, Archbishop of Madras-is now placed under the spiritual jurisdiction and authority of the Bishop of Mylapore. 2. ln reply I am desired to state that the Concordat has' not been recognised by the Government of India, and that the only question in this connection which it is called on to consider is the appointment of Roman Catholic Chaplains to the troops �MrLITARY DEPARTMENT, a. MAY 1889, No. 3 z 3J- 3 stationed at St. Thomas' Mount. Regarding this qnestion it appears that Arch. bishop Colgan * disclaims jurisdiction * Copy of his demi-official letter of the 20th over St. Thomas' Mount, and has repreApril 1887 to Father Gonsalves is enclosed. sented that the proper pérson to nominate the Chaplains there is the Bishop of Mylapore. ln these circumstances the Government are willing to continue the allowancé to the Priest who may be nominated by the Bishop of Mylapore, provided . such Priest is a suitable person to minister to British soldiers. The Priest to be appointed should always be an European and ordinarily an European British subject, but perhaps in the present case the Government of Madras may think fit to recognise temporarily, and until a British subject is available, the nomination of the Rev. B. A. Moreira for the incumbency. 3. I am to add that the Bishop of Mylapore's correspondence direct with Government should be limited to matters connected with the nomination of Chaplains for St. Thomas' Mount, as the Army Rogulations require all returns to be ~ubmitted by the Archbishop of Madras and a specia,l allowance is assigned to bim m consequence. 4. I am to request that, with the permission of His Excellency the Governor in Council, these orders may be communicated to the Bishop of Mylapore. from the Most Rev. Dr. J. COLGA.N, Archbishop of Madras, to Father GONBA.LVES; dated 20th April 1887. I enclose copies of letters received from Government last evening in reference to the appointment of a Catholic Chaplain for St. Thomas' Mount. From the second paragraph of the Government letter you will see that the H.ight Honorable the Governor in Council coneurs with His Exeelleney the Commander-in-Chief in bis remarks that "it is most undesirable that any but an JlJuropean Priest and one aequainted with the English language should be appointed to administer to the spiritual wants of British soldiers." . . 'l'he Right Honorable the Governor in Couneil expresses his coneurrenee with the above in the foll owing terms: "it is most desirable that the Roman Catholic Chaplain seleeted to minister to the spiritual wants of British soldiers àt St. 'l'homas' Mount should be of European birth and well aeqaainted with the English language." Under these eireumstances I have but to follow the suggestion of Ris Excelleney and exert what influence I may have with you and to request that in order that the wishes of Government may be carried out you will allow the present state of things to continue till the arrival of the Bishop of Mylapore, or, with his sanetion, till sueh time as a Chaplain of European birth and well acquainted with the English language ean be nominated by Ris Lordship for the ehaplaincy. If you are willing to carry out the wishes of Government and eomply with my request I will feel obliged by your granting me an extension of jurisdiction over the soldiers and their :families in St. Thomas' Mount for the period above mentioned. Demi-Official No/Jb. ÜRDER THEREON,a - May 1889, No.3 "Z. '.?8-- The decision of the Government of India communicated to His Excellency the Comml:}nder-in-Ohief, the Most Rev. Archbishop Colgan, tlie Right Rev. Bishop Reed daSilva, and also to the Ecclesiastical Department. (True Extract.) Secretary to Government. To the ,, ,, ,, ,, A.djutant-General. Most Rev. A.rehbishop J. Colgan, D.D. Right Rev. Bishop H. J. Reed daSilva, Eeelesiastieal Department. Controller of Military Accounts. Exd. L. Passaigne. D.D. S/~ �~ofrt. nf{1889}fttauras. MILITARY. To THE A.DJUTANT-GENERAL, &e., &e., l>ated May, .Txsued Hecd, G.O.,// Enr.l. May 1889, No. 3,z~Jr • M:AY. / Nos, /3~--/.JO • Ecolesiastical-Roman Catholic Ohuroh. St. Thomas' Mount.-Decision of the Governtnent of India on the subject of the request of the Bishop of Mylapore to be recognised as the svle ecclesiastical superior of the Roman Catholic community, including the British troops at - , w1th permission to address Government direct in all matters connected with the chaplaincy at that station, also for sanction to the appointment of a Portuguesa Priest as Military Chaplain thare. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dom Henrique José Reed da Silva Letters [1883-1928] Description An account of the resource This collection includes letters and other related items surrounding the life and history of Bishop Henrique José Reed da Silva (1854-1930), the titular Bishop of Trajanopolis and Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé de Meliapor who was also a pastor for Saint Anthony's Church in Lowell for 13 years (1911-1924). These documents and records were scanned and donated by the Arquivo Histórico do Patriarcado de Lisboa (AHPL), where the physical collection remains. These records cover an international purview of Portuguese and Portuguese American history through the lens of Bishop da Silva's life and travels. Here, you will find papers created by or about Bishop da Silva, as well as a group of letters sent to Bishop da Silva over the course of his life from family members, political figures and leaders, titled officials of the Catholic Church, and other members of the Catholic Church and Portuguese communities all over the world. Bibliographical Note Biography written and provided by the Arquivo Histórico do Patriarcado de Lisboa. Translation and small edits made by the PADA archivist. Additions in brackets. Bishop Henrique José Reed da Silva was born in Lisbon to Sebastião José da Silva and Elisa Maria Reed da Silva on January 19th, 1854. He was baptized on February 5th, 1854 in Lisbon's Santa Isabel parish. He attended the College of Overseas Missions in Cernache do Bonjardim. Destined for an ecclesiastical life, Bishop da Silva was ordained and, after taking the Order of the Presbyte in 1879, he left for Luanda the following year to become the secretary for the Bishop of Angola and Congo, Dom José Sebastião Neto. In this bishopric, he served as the parson of the Nossa Senhora da Conceição Parish, as a chaplain for a hospital, and as a professor of humanities for the seminary. In 1881, he assumed the position of general vicar and, in 1882, he took charge of the diocesan government for a period. He also became the precentor of the See, and in 1883, attained the position of Vicar Capitular. Named the prelate of Mozambique on March 6th 1884, Bishop da Silva would eventually be elevated to the Titular Bishop of Philadelphia [of Arabia] in the consistory on the 27th of that same month. The episcopal congregation took place in the Church of Santa Catarina in Lisbon [also referred to as the Church of the Convent of Paulistas] on May 4th at the hand of the Bishop of Portalegre, Dom José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Martens. This title was made effective upon Bishop da Silva's formal entrance into Mozambique on January 1st of 1885. He was placed in charge of the government of the province and, in October, he organized the activity for the pastoral visit—having, at that time, toured Kenya and the archipelago of Tanzania. In the apostolic brief from December 1st of that year, Bishop da Silva was dismissed from the prefecture of Mozambique and named the coadjutor of the Archbishop of Goa, primate of the East. On November 25th of 1886, Bishop da Silva was named the Bishop of São Tomé de Meliapor [Mylapore] in India, and he was preconized by the Pope on March 14th of that following year. During his decade-long episcopate, he created two newspapers, established a diocese seminary, maintained a high school in Calcutta with a boarding school for girls and another that provided entry to the university, established orphanages and nursing homes for the elderly, founded a pharmaceutical laboratory that provided treatment to those in need, and ordered the construction of a neo-Gothic cathedral. Bishop da Silva turned in the miter of Mylapore in 1897 and, subsequently, the Holy See granted Bishop da Silva the title of Bishop of Trajanopolis in Phrygia in 1898. From 1907 to 1909, Bishop da Silva traveled to California, exercising his ministry among Portuguese communities. He visited Hawaii in 1908 and in 1910, continued [his travels] on to Mexico. However, it was in the year 1911 that he settled in Lowell, Massachusetts, within the archdiocese of Boston, to administer the Saint Anthony Church of the Portuguese, remaining there until 1924. He returned to Portugal in 1925, after a stay in Canada and in New York where, for health reasons, he was hospitalized in Saint Vincent’s Hospital. Afterwards, he traveled to the Eternal City [Rome] and, five years later, on October 6th of 1930, Henrique José Reed da Silva—the titular Bishop of Trajanopolis and Bishop Emeritus of São Tomé de Meliapor—passed away in Lisbon, where his remains were laid to rest in the cemetery of Prazeres in a tomb gifted by the Third Order of Saint Francis. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital scans donated from the Arquivo Histórico do Patriarcado de Lisboa. Biographical note and individual item descriptions provided by the Arquivo Histórico Patriarcado de Lisboa and translated by the PADA archivist. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG PDF Language A language of the resource Portuguese English Latin French German Italian Spanish Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Text Subject The topic of the resource Priests Catholic Church--Dioceses Portugal--Colonies Portugal--History Politics and government Fasts and Feasts Catholic Church--Finance Catholic Church--Societies, etc. Church architecture Building--Estimates Immigrants--Cultural Assimilation--United States Portugal--Emigration and immigration Immigrants Kings and rulers Regicide Queens Processions, Religious--Catholic Church Portuguese American women Ordination Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 Politicians Choirs (Music) Education Dinners and dining Baptismal records Music Weather Hospital care Consecration Women's shelters Portuguese language English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers Agriculture Poverty Sugarcane Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Aguascalientes (Mexico) Amman (Jordan) Angola Baltimore (Md.) Boston (Mass.) Chicago (Ill.) Cincinnati (Ohio) Coimbra (Portugal) Congo Detroit (Mich.) Fall River (Mass.) Gloucester (Mass.) Honolulu (Hawaii) Lisbon (Portugal) Los Angeles (Calif.) Lowell (Mass.) Madeira (Madeira Islands) Madurai (India) Mozambique Mylapore (Chennai, India) New Bedford (Mass.) New York (N.Y.) Newport (R.I.) Oakland (Calif.) Ottawa (Ont.) Philadelphia (Pa.) Pomona (Calif.) Porto (Portugal) Providence (R.I.) Querétaro (Mexico : State) Rochester (N.Y.) Rome (Italy) San Francisco (Calif.) Taunton (Mass.) Van Buren (Me.) Washington (D.C.) Ypsilanti (Mich.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anderson, Joseph Gaudentius Balfour, Frank W. Barreto, Manuel Agostinho, 1835-1911 Beehan, Terence Francis Bryan, Charles Page, 1855-1918 Byrnes, James M. Conaty, Thomas James, 1847-1915 Cormier, Jacinto Maria, 1832-1916 Dougherty, Denis J. (Denis Joseph), 1865-1951 Direção-Geral do Ultramar Egan, William John Frear, Walter Francis, 1863-1948 Gibbons, James, 1834-1921 Gleeson, John A. Haberlin, R. J. Hanna, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1860-1944 Hayes, Patrick, 1867-1938 Kane, Albinus Killen, A. A. King, James S. Leo XIII, Pope, 1810-1903 Lynch, Ellen F. Lyons, Edward M. Mahoney, Richard Manuel II, King of Portugal, 1889-1932 Marsollier, James Martens, José Maria da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho, 1815-1884 Martins, Francisco Matoushek, J. McCready, Charles A. McMahon, Mary Moore, David H. Mundelein, George William, 1872-1939 Nicotra, Sebastiano, 1855-1929 Norton, Charles Dyer, 1871-1922 O'Connell, William, 1859-1944 P. Orr & Sons Pedro José Agostinho José Agostinho de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé, 1830-1909 Portugal, José María de Jesús, 1838-1912 Power, J. A. Riordan, Patrick William, 1841-1914 Samodães, Francisco de Azeredo Teixeira de Aguilar, Conde de, 1828-1918 Secretaria d'Estado dos Negocios da Marinha e Ultramar Silva, Henrique José Reed da, 1854-1930 Silva, Maria José Reed da Taveira, Augusto Joaquim Thouvenin, M. Vannutelli, Vincenzo, 1836-1930 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1883-1928 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Clington, Eduardo Colgan, Joseph, 1824-1911 Gomes, Henrique de Barros, 1843-1898 MacDonnell, Antony Patrick, 1844-1925 Maria Pia, Queen, consort of Luís I, King of Portugal, 1847-1911 Silva, Henrique José Reed da, 1854-1930 Sousa, Monsignor Jerónimo Dias de Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only: This Work has been digitized in a public-private partnership. 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Title A name given to the resource Papers regarding requests made by Henrique José Reed da Silva to the Governor of Chennai, Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1889-05-18 Description An account of the resource This document encompasses the transfer of various official correspondences and letters as requested by the Bishop of Meliapor, Henrique José Reed da Silva, to the governor of Madrasta (Chennai). Among these transfers is the missive (1888-10-03) of Bishop da Silva, the Bishop of Mylapore. In this, he makes several requests: First, that he be recognized as the sole ecclesiastical superior of the Roman Catholic community present at Saint Thomas's Mount, including the British troops. Second, that he can correspond directly with the Governor in all matters related to the chaplaincy of that location. And third, that he be sanctioned to appoint a Portuguese priest, Basílio Nunes Moreira, who has knowledge of the English language, as the military chaplain of the aforementioned Mount. This document includes many opinions about the issue, namely the opinion of the Archbishop of Chennai, Joseph Colgan, resulting in the final decision made by the Government of India, in Calcuta (1889-03-16). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Silva, Henrique José Reed da, 1854-1930 Subject The topic of the resource Catholic Church--Dioceses Portugal--Colonies Priests Politics and government Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Mylapore (Chennai, India) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital scans donated from the Arquivo Histórico do Patriarcado de Lisboa. <img src="https://i.imgur.com/P1tEvbW.jpeg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only: This Work has been digitized in a public-private partnership. As part of this partnership, the partners have agreed to limit commercial uses of this digital representation of the Work by third parties. You can, without permission, copy, modify, distribute, display, or perform the Item, for non-commercial uses. For any other permissible uses, please review the terms and conditions of the organization that has made the Item available. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PT/AHPL/HJRS-BM/04/021 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Colgan, Joseph, 1824-1911 MacDonnell, Antony Patrick, 1844-1925 Bispo de Meliapor