The Tsangos of Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

to subjugation, but even so it kept the fortresses and localitiesfrom the Black Sea, as well as their catholic religion. Though,several times they asked - by letters or by delegates - for priests,to come and share the bread of divine word with the starvingpeople, we couldn't satisfy their wish, because of the flames ofwar between the two emperors. But now, when due to God'smercy the torch of war has burned out and the wished peacecame over the people, a new road opened between us, freer andsafer. So, we persist in our request to the Most ReverendFather, to bring us the divine cult, by writing a letter to theProvincial Reverend of Austria, to send immediately worthy andpious men to feed the starving souls. For this favor of YourMost Reverend Father we remain Your most devoted servants.Alba Iulia from Transylvania, 12th of March, 1702. TheCatholic Status of Transylvania."* Original version in Latin, in Eotvos Lorand Faculty Library fromBudapest, Kaprinary Collection, Fol.42, page 75-76 New edition in:MCSMO, II, page 763*Note: we don't know, if an answer has been given and if the AustrianJesuit provincial received any proposition. Indeed, in Moldavia the warstopped, starting the time for the return of the refugees and the restoring theruined catholic parishes. On the other hand, in 1703 in Hungary the uprisingof Rakoczi flared up and we know, that the Jesuits were the adherents of theEmperor, were expelled from the country. It might be hard to imagine thatthe Jesuit Order from Vienna would send Hungarian Jesuits to Moldavia.APPENDIX IIFORMER ROMAN-CATHOLIC BISHOPRICSIN THE MENTIONED PERIOD1. MILCOV, year 1227, funded for the Cumani by the archbishopRobert from Esztergom, from the Pope Gregorius IXth's order. He baptizedthe head of the Cumani people, BORZ MEMBROK, together with hisfamily, he ordained into bishop the Dominican monk Theodoric, whom helet there with other priests, servants and soldiers. (Domokos P.P."Renduletlenul" 14)2. In Turnu Severin, year 1252, the King of Hungary, Bela the fourthestablishes a Bishopric with the Pope's agreement, for the stoppage of all