[Peru and New Spain]:

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EL REY. POR DECRETO SEÑALADO DE MI REAL MANO EN EL SITIO DE SAN ILDEPHONSO...HE VENIDO EN TOMAR LA RESOLUCION DEL TENOR SIGUIENTE...SOBRE LA PERTENENCIA, Y APLICACION DE LAS VACANTES DE LOS ... A rare printed decree by Philip V, King of Spain, regarding vacancies which have occurred in archbishoprics and dioceses in the viceroyalties of Peru and New Spain. An advisory council composed of various theologians and the ministers of the Councils of Spain, the Inquisition, and the Indies will review this matter which affects missions throughout the New World. The King declares that the effectiveness of the missions, which furthers the goals of the Spanish empire, depends upon archbishops, bishops, ecclesiastical dignitaries, canons, prebends, and other religious figures. He states (translated here into English):"To be effective and without risk in each bishopric, the capital of its missions, that determine and establish [missions] in parts most suitable...taking in the necessary advice of the viceroys, Audiencias, and prelates, with the idea of uniting the continents, ensuring the secure communication and commerce of the people...it will be possible to expect to see successes in a few years: the pacification of the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Huasteca; the exploration of the continent of the Californias; the reduction of the barbarous nations of the Orinoco and of the Motilones Indians of Maracaybo, Santa Marta, and Rio de la Acha; and [ensuring] the subjugation, population, enc

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