Chapter LIV_The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

Bishopric of Nueva Caceres in Camarines

633. The bishopric of Nueva Caceres was erected at the same time and

in the same manner as that of Zebu. Its see is in the city of Nueva

Caceres, which is located in Naga, and has its provisor, cura of its

parish church, secretary, and sacristan.

Jurisdiction of that bishopric

634. In its jurisdiction it embraces the whole provinces of Camarines

and Albay, and as far as and inclusive of the islands of Ticao,

Masbate, Burias, and Catanduanes; the province of Tayabas, as far

as and inclusive of Lucban; and, along the opposite coast of Mauban,

[it contains] Binangonan, Polo, Valer, and Casiguran.

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