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Letter sent from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, asking the nuncio to report information on additional CM missionaries to be sent to the Barbary Coast: a) Jean Le Vacher as a companion for Julien Guérin in Tunis; and b) Jacques…

Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other issues, the request from Julien Guérin to have a companion [Jean Le Vacher] assigned for him in Tunis, and two other missionaries (as nominated by Vincent de Paul) approved for Algiers. One of the…

Letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, asking the nuncio to report information on additional CM missionaries to be sent to the Barbary Coast: a) Jean Le Vacher as a companion for Julien Guérin in Tunis; and b) J Jacques…

PF follow-up notes concerning the statutes of Christophe Authier's congregation in Valence.

Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The nuncio is asked to inform Vincent de Paul that the cardinals decided to assign the mission of Algiers to Jean Le Vacher and Jacques Lesage.

Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other things, the letter from the nuncio to France, in which he relates to two CM priests who went to Madagascar. The nuncio says that Vincent de Paul requests faculties and instructions. PF decides to…

Minutes of PF general meeting deciding to designate Jean Le Vacher from Paris, a "secular priest belonging to the Congregation of Vincent de Paul," as Julien Guérin's companion in Tunis.

Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The cardinals have accepted the apology of Vincent de Paul regarding the mission of Madagascar, and they have also conceded the mission to the two priests going there, as can be…

Minutes of PF general meeting discussing, among other things, a letter from the nuncio to France asking to excuse the two CM priests who went to Madagascar without prior permission from PF. PF decides to grant missionary status to Charles Nacquart…

Minutes of PF general meeting (held in presence of Pope Innocentius X) granting dispensation from religious vows to Jean Barreau, "Parisian priest of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission, established in Paris under Vincent de Paul, and…

Minutes of PF general meeting (held in presence of Pope Innocentius X) granting Jean Le Vacher the license to use the faculties transferred to him by the late Julien Guérin, who died before Le Vacher's arrival in Tunis.

Copy of a letter from PF to Vincent de Paul, in which the cardinals ask him to help Ludovico Albret, as he might need letters of recommendation from the queen of France, which Vincent de Paul could get for him. They moreover ask Vincent de Paul to…

Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The nuncio is asked to offer Ludovico Albret his protection for the duration of his affairs, and to make the necessary arrangements with Vincent de Paul, so that Albret can…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 19 January 1649 discussing among other issues, a letter from the nuncio to Naples about two Neapolitan priests belonging to the Congregation of the Mission in Naples, (not related to Vincent de Paul's CM), which had…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 19 January 1649 discussing among other issues, the petition of the Vincentian "Thadaeus Mollonus" (Thady Molonay), who wants to receive the title of missionary without dimissorial letters from his ordinary. PF does…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 8 March 1649 discussing among other issues, the request that Alberto Di San Michele be appointed vice-prefect of the mission of the Discalced Carmelites in Madagascar, under the prefecture of Giacomo Di Santa Teresa;…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 18 October 1949 discussing among other issues, the petition of "Thadaeus Mollonus" (Thady Molonay) who asks to be granted the faculty of receiving the Holy orders, including that of priesthood, and the title to become…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 14 February 1650 discussing among other issues, those proposed by the nuncio to Spain, to be appointed the title of bishop in the Congo; they will be supported by the king of Spain. 

Minutes of PF general meeting of 7 March 1650 discussing among other issues, a petition sent by William Ballantyne, in which he asks that he and John Walker be appointed missionaries in Scotland, and be given an annual provision. The cardinals…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 25 April 1650 discussing among other issues, a petition sent on behalf of Alberto Di San Michele, the prefect of the mission of the Discalced Carmelites in Madagascar. He asks for a travel provision for the…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 31 May 1650 discussing among other issues, a petition sent on behalf of Vincent de Paul asking if he can send other missionaries to replace CM priests who died of the plague. The cardinals agreed to appoint Philippe…

Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, in which the nuncio is asked to investigate whether Pascale Canto (a member of the order of the "Cordellieri"), is a suitable candidate to become prefect of the missions on the…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 4 July 1650 discussing among other issues, the letter of the nuncio to Poland. He writes that the king of Poland has granted concessions to the Ruthenian Orthodox, and that he has protested against those concessions.…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 9 August 1650 discussing among other issues, the petition by Jean Le Vacher, who asks to be declared vicar apostolic in Tunis. PF answers that he should write to the archbishop of Carthage, asking to be appointed…

Copy of a decree issued by PF on 9 August 1650, regarding the petition of Philippe Le Vacher to be declared apostolic vicar in Algiers. The main reason is to give him jurisdiction over the slave priests who cause scandal by their way of living. PF…

Copy of a letter from PF to Vincent de Paul, stating that PF has consented to declare missionary status for two Irish candidates (as proposed by Vincent de Paul), who are scheduled to join the mission in the Hebrides: Dom'co Dugniel [Dermot Duiguin?]…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 20 December 1650 discussing among other issues, a letter from the nuncio to France, which reports the candidates that Vincent de Paul has proposed for the mission in Madagascar: Nicolai Duport, Claudij Dufour, Fran’ci…

Copy of a letter from PF to the nuncio to France, Nicolò Guidi di Bagno. The nuncio is asked to choose from the seven candidates proposed by Vincent de Paul for the mission in Madagascar, those he deems suitable, and the number he thinks will suffice…

Minutes of PF general meeting discussing among other issues, a letter written by the nuncio to France about a certain Des Lions, proposed by the bishop of Babylon as his coadjutor. The cardinals decided that the nuncio should write a letter, and…

Minutes of PF general meeting of 6 March 1651 discussing among other issues, Jean Le Vacher's questions about whether he should allow slave priests (who cannot show their certificate of priesthood), to say mass; he also asks whether he should allow…
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