Bull of Pope Gregory XIV to the Archbishop of Lviv regarding Bishop Stanisław of Chełm

Gregory, Bishop, Servant of the Servants of God, to our Venerable Brother, the Archbishop of Lviv, greetings and apostolic blessing. It contributes to the increase of your salvation and glory if, for the sake of divine propitiation, you surround with the grace of appropriate care and kindness those in clerical orders, especially those endowed with episcopal dignity. For behold, today, having released our venerable brother Stanisław, Bishop of Chełm, formerly of Kamianets, by the counsel of our brothers and by the fullness of apostolic power from the bond by which he was bound to the Church of Kamianets, which he then headed, we have transferred him by similar counsel and apostolic authority to the Church of Chełm, then in a certain way deprived of the comfort of a shepherd, and we have appointed the same Bishop Stanisław as bishop and pastor of the aforementioned Church of Chełm, entrusting to him fully the care and administration of the said Church of Chełm in spiritual and temporal matters, as is more fully contained in our letter drawn up regarding this. Since, therefore, in order that this Bishop Stanisław may more easily be of benefit in the care entrusted to him over the said Church of Chełm, your kindness proves to be greatly needed, we ask and earnestly admonish your fraternal love, commanding you by apostolic letter, that—holding the same Bishop Stanisław and the aforementioned Church of Chełm entrusted to him, your suffragan, as especially recommended out of respect for us and the Apostolic See—you surround them with such care of your kindness in increasing and preserving their rights, so that Bishop Stanisław himself, through the help of your grace, may more beneficially exercise the administration of the said Church of Chełm entrusted to him, and that you may thereby more abundantly merit the mercy of God and the blessing and grace of us and the said See. Given in Rome at Saint Peter's, in the year of the Lord's Incarnation one thousand five hundred and ninety-one, on the day before the Kalends of August [July 31, 1591], in the first year of our pontificate. [On the plica on the right:] A. [...]denius [Under the plica, signatures and chancery notes:] [On the left:] Aug[ustus] [...] / XIII J. Bucca H. C[...] [In the center and on the right:] A. Scarpin[us] C. Pamphi[lius] C. Rinuccinus L. Conventinus Cornelius [Seal:] [Lead papal bull on a hemp cord; obverse: images of the heads of St. Peter and St. Paul separated by a cross, above them: S PA S PE; reverse: GREGORIVS PAPA XIIII] [On the reverse:] [Dorsal note, 17th/18th century:] Bull of Pope Gregory XIV [...] of Stanisław, Bishop of Kamianets [elected?] as Bishop of Chełm, addressed to the Archbishop of Lviv. Year 1591. [Chancery note on the left:] Bull regarding the Archbishop [Bottom right, large curial paraph:] Registered in the Great [Register]

Gregorius ep[iscopus] servus servor[um] Dei Venerabili f[rat]ri [Archiepi]s[copo] Leopolien[si] Sal[u]t[em] et ap[ostoli]cam b[e]n[e]d[ictionem] Ad cumulum tue cedit salutis et fame si personas eccl[esi]asticas presertim pontificali dignitate preditas divine propitiationis intuitu opportuni presidij et favoris gratia prosequaris. Hodie siquidem venerabilem f[rat]rem n[ost]rum Stanislaum Ep[iscop]um Chelmen[sem] nuper Camenecen[sem] a vinculo quo eccl[esi]e Camenecen[si] cui tunc preerat tenebatur de f[rat]rum n[ost]ror[um] consilio et ap[osto]lice potestatis plenitudine absolventes ipsum ad eccl[esi]am Chelmen[sem] tunc certo modo pastoris solatio destitutam de simili consilio ap[ostoli]ca au[cto]r[ita]te transtulimus ipsumq[ue] Stanislaum Ep[iscop]um d[i]c[t]e eccl[esi]e Chelmen[si] in Ep[iscop]um prefecimus et pastorem curam et administrationem ipsius eccl[esi]e Chelmen[sis] sibi in sp[iritu]alibus et t[em]po[ra]libus plenarie committendo prout in n[ost]ris inde confectis l[itte]ris plenius continetur. Cum igitur ut idem Stanislaus Ep[iscop]us in commissa sibi d[i]c[t]e eccl[esi]e Chelmen[sis] cura facilius proficere valeat tuus favor sibi fore noscatur plurimum opportunus f[ra]t[erni]tatem tuam rogamus et hortamur attente per ap[ostoli]ca scripta tibi mandantes quatenus eundem Stanislaum Ep[iscop]um et p[re]fatam eccl[esi]am Chelmen[sem] sibi commissam Suffraganeam tuam habens pro n[ost]ra et ap[osto]lice sedis reverentia propensius commendatos in ampliandis et conservandis iuribus suis sic eos tui favoris presidio prosequaris q[uo]d ipse Stanislaus Ep[iscop]us per tue auxilium gratie se possit in commisso sibi eiusdem eccl[esi]e Chelmen[sis] regimine utilius exercere Tuq[ue] divinam misericordiam ac n[ost]ram et d[i]c[t]e sedis benedictionem et gr[ati]am valeas exinde uberius promereri. Dat[um] Rome apud S[an]c[t]umpetrum Anno Incarnationis d[omi]nice Millesimoquingentesimononagesimoprimo Pridie Kal[endas] Augusti Pont[ificatus] n[ost]ri Anno Primo. [Na plicy po prawej:] A. [...]denius [Pod plicą podpisy i noty kancelaryjne:] [Z lewej:] Aug[ustus] [...] / XIII J. Bucca H. C[...] [Pośrodku i z prawej:] A. Scarpin[us] C. Pamphi[lius] C. Rinuccinus L. Conventinus Cornelius [Pieczęć:] [Ołowiana bulla papieska na sznurze konopnym; awers: wizerunki głów św. Piotra i Pawła przedzielone krzyżem, nad nimi: S PA S PE; rewers: GREGORIVS PAPA XIIII] [Verso:] [Nota grzbietowa XVII/XVIII w.:] Bulla Gregorij Papæ XIIII [...] Stanislai Ep[iscop]i Camenecensis in Episcop[um] Chelmensem [electi?], ad Archiep[iscop]um Leopolien[sem] directa. A[nn]o 1591. [Nota kancelaryjna z lewej:] Bull[a] de Archiep[iscop]o [Po prawej u dołu wielka parafa kurialna:] Registrata in Magno