he 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]
Chapter LVI
Bishopric of Nueva Segovia
663. The bishopric of Nueva Segovia is one of the suffragans of
this archbishopric of Manila, and it was erected at the same time as
the others and in the same circumstances. Its see is located in the
village of Lalo. There lives the alcalde-mayor, while the village
has an infantry presidio, and a convent of Dominican religious. It
has its own provisor, cura, and sacristan for that holy church.
Jurisdiction of that bishopric
664. That bishopric which is called Cagayan includes under its
jurisdiction the provinces of Pangasinan, from the point of Bolinao;
Ylocos; and Cagayan, to an
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