Chapter LV

Curacies and administrations of the bishopric of Nueva Caceres

Curacies

650. That bishopric possesses the curacy of the sacristy of the holy church of Nueva Caceres; and in the province of Camarines, the curacies of Indan, Paracale, Capalonga, Caramoan, and Lagonoy, with several visitas. Those curacies number 11,984 souls.

651. In the province of Tayabas, the curacies of Piris, Obuyon, and Mulanay, with their visitas, in all numbering 5,161 persons.

652. In the province of Albay, the curacies of Albay, Bulusan, Casiguran, Sorsogon, Donsol, Tabaco, and Malinao, with their visitas, in all 18,562 persons.

653. In the island of Catanduanes, the curacies of Biga, and Birac, numbering 6,471 persons. [65]

Administrations in charge of religious

654. The calced Augustinian fathers possess in that bishopric, in the province of Tayabas, the administration of the village of Tiaong, where 780 souls are reckoned.

655. The discalced Augustinian fathers possess, in the island of Masbate, the sites of Maboo, Balino, Palano, Abuyoan, Camasoso, Buracan, Limbohan, Nauangui, and Baraga, in which they minister to about 3,345 souls.

656. In the island of Burias, the village of Burias, with 180 souls.

657. In the island of Ticao, the village of Ticao, with San Jacinto, with 475 souls. [66]

658. The discalced Franciscan religious of this province of San Gregorio have administration in what they own in that bishopric, in a convent of the village of Naga, contiguous to the city of Nueva Caceres, in the province of Camarines. A commissary-provincial lives there, and they have a good infirmary. They also minister in the villages of Canaman, Quipayo, Milaord, Minalabag, Bula, and Bao, Naboa, Yraga, Buhi, Libong, Polangi, Oas, Ligao, Guinobatan, Camarines, Cagsaua, and Ligmanan, where they minister to 52,555 souls.

659. In the province of Tayabas, in the villages of Tayabas, Pagbilao, Saryaya, Lucban, Gumaca, Atimonan, Mayoboc, and Macalilong, in which 13,807 souls are ministered to.

660. In the mission of the mountains of Lupi, Ragay, and the beach of Bangon, with their village formed in Lupi, in the province of Camarines, where nine hundred souls are ministered to.

661. In the same province, in the mountain of Mangirin, in the village of Santa Cruz, formed from the people who are being gathered from the mountain, where 1,200 souls are ministered to.

662. In the province of Tayabas, in the mountains and coasts of the opposite shore, in the villages of Binangonan, Polo, Valer, and Casiguran, which include the administration of the Indians, with the missions annexed to them, and where 2,500 souls are ministered to. [67]

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