The Tsangos of Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

catholics number 421 souls, but they don't have any parish andcloisters because the Polish bishops took everything with them,as the old people say under oath. All these Hungarians,catholics, have their own magistrates and priests, who preach inHungarian, they read the evangelium as well and teach thechildren in Hungarian.Trotus: just a few Hungarian catholics are left: 121 souls.Manesti: the parish of Bahna and Grozesti are belonging toit. In all these three parishes the Hungarian number 175.Stanesti: catholics -Hungarian, 98 souls.Solont: these have scattered because of the abductionsoccuring daily.Lucaceni: 19 catholics, poor Hungarians, they go to thechurch in BacauBarlad: 74 catholics, they are also Hungarians, but not all ofthem know Hungarian.Vaslui: once Hungarians have been here, but now there areonly 14 souls. (the Roman catholic church was built of wood,2 baptized children)Husi: wooden church, covered with straw, two beautifulaltars.Galati: 126 catholics, they often fight with the monk there,for the cemetery plots.Iasi: at the present the Hungarian catholics number 226,besides the children and foreigners. This church has beenburned down by the Tatars and the Cossacks etc.Sabaoani: the catholics are poor, the church has no assets,but the Hungarian priest has a good reputation.Cioglani and Lecuseni, Rachiteni, Adjudeni and Tamasenibelong to Sabaoani, each has a chapel and there are 287 soulsaltogether.Roman: no parish house. There are 20 souls. All of themSaxons. Of course, the biggest humiliation for us is that theschismatics have four bishops and a metropolitan in thiscountry, the Armenians also have a bishop , the Jewish havetheir rabbies, and we catholics, have nobody to protect ourfaith and our church. All things written here are according to thesworn statement sent to your Holiness and all the things in itscontent, as I saw and heard -So help me God.Vlas Koicevic, the Vicar and Viceprefect of the