The Tsangos of Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

the Patriarchal Vicar of the Orient."Your Holiness has to know that in Iasi, where hisresidence is, there are around 50 houses of Hungariancatholics. They have no priest, and there is a ruined church.At Husi: there are 80 houses a churchAt Suceava: there are 22 houses with a churchIn Baia: there are 40 houses, they have a churchIn Neamt: 20 houses, with a churchIn Roman: 60 () together with the neighbor villages arearound 60 houses with a churchIn Bacau: there is the catholic bishopric of the country. Insome villages there are 100 houses altogether, there's nopriest now, because the bishop is coming only to collectdonations, not being interested in the rest.In Targul Trotus: together with some villages there are120 houses, with some churches without a priest.In Solont and Lucaceni and another village there are 50houses and a church with no priest.In Barlad: there are 20 houses and a church with no priest.In Galati: there are 16 houses and a small church and I feelgreat sufferance. Your Holiness has to know that everyday, our catholics turn to became orthodox: whenthe priests don't know the Valachian language, theMoldavian one, the Hungarian or German, theycannot achieve anything."Original version in Latin: G. Calinescu, "Diplomatarium Italicum",II/1930, page 330-331.43. Rome, 1632Report of the same Monk Paolo Bonnici, aboutMoldavia and the catholics from this Country.Trotus: this town has about 400 houses and there aresome Hungarian villages in the neighborhood, who callthemselves Christians.Iasi: has between 7 and 8000 farms some catholic andCalvinist Hungarians.In Tg. Frumos: there are 100 houses Roman 600 houses