Archive of the Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem and Palestine
Held by Vatican Secret Archives (ASV)
Identity area
| Reference | VA-ASV/1241 |
| Title | Archive of the Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem and Palestine |
| Covering dates | 1930-01-13-1962-12-31 |
| Dates Start | 1930-01-13 |
| Dates End | 1962-12-31 |
| Level of description | Fonds |
| Extend and medium | Global extent: 8 “busta” (folders), 41 files (2 unavailable), 254 subfiles (67 unavailable) ; 186 selected and described items |
Context area
| Repository | Vatican Secret Archives (ASV) |
| Name of creator(s) | Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem and Palestine (DAGP) |
Content and structure area
| Description | Mgr Testa took over the archive of the Apostolic Delegation after his entry to Jerusalem, on 18 June, 1948. The archive contains 38 folders concerning the administrations of the Apostolic Delegates Gustavo Testa, Arthur Hughes, Silvio Oddi and Giuseppe Sensi. The documentation covers the period 1935-1962. The documentation concerning the government of Mgr Valerio Valeri has been lost in 1948 when the palace of the Apostolic Delegation was destroyed. A well-structured filing plan is available for the government of Testa, Oddi and Sensi. The archive is accessible until 1939. |
Conditions of access and use
| Conditions governing access | Subject to the authorization of Vatican Secret Archives (ASV) |
Allied materials area
| Publication notes | Indice dei Fondi e relativi mezzi di descrizione e di ricerca dell'Archivio Segreto Vaticano, Città del Vaticano, 2014. |
| Related descriptions | Archive of the Apostolic Delegation of Egypt |
Catalogue references area
| Rules or conventions | International standard for archival description, General, etc. |
| Date of the catalogue | Catalogue prepared on August 2017 |
| Archivist's notes | Inventory of a range of 187 items from the Archive of the Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem and Palestine (1905-1946), Index no. 1241, held by the Vatican Secret Archives (Città del Vaticano), translated by Maria Chiara Rioli, 2017. |
| Sources | http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/archive-of-the-apostolic-delegation-in-jerusalem-and-palestine?sf_culture=en |
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Fonds - 1 : Archive of the Apostolic Delegation in Jerusalem and Palestine
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Series - 2 : Mgr Gustavo Testa, Busta 1
- File - 3 : Holy Father – Pius XI
- File - 3 : File n°2, Denied Access
- File - 3 : College of Cardinals
- File - 3 : Apostolic Delegate
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File - 3 : Delegation Staff
- Item - 4 : Episcopal consecration of Mgr Giuseppe Mazzoli and appointment as Apostolic Delegate in Bulgaria
- Item - 4 : Appointment of Mgr Silvio Oddi as secretary of the Delegation of Egypt and Palestine and apppointment of Mgr Carlo Perico as auditor
- Item - 4 : German brothers, members of the Delegation staff
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File - 3 : Apostolic Delegation
- Item - 4 : Negotiations for a new see of the Apostolic Delegation
- Item - 4 : Negotiations for possible transfer to Tantur of the see of the Apostolic Delegation
- Item - 4 : Inventory of objects and furnishings belonging to the Apostolic Delegation
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°6/4, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Expenses for the renewal of the Apostolic Delegation building
- Item - 4 : Guests of the Delegation
- Item - 4 : Procedures for the construction of the new garage of the Apostolic Delegation
- Item - 4 : Procedures for the purchase of a car for the Apostolic Delegation
- Item - 4 : Notes on electricity consumption
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°6/10, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°6/11, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Request of reduction of the cost of gas in favour of the Apostolic Delegation
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File - 3 : General issues
- Item - 4 : Relationships between Muslims and Christians
- Item - 4 : Establishment of the Legislative Council and issues with the Catholic Christians
- Item - 4 : Ceremony at the cimitery in occasion of the Armistice day
- Item - 4 : Activities of catholic tribunals and annual relation to the Government
- Item - 4 : Marriage Act of the Orthodox and consequences for the Catholics
- Item - 4 : Marriage case in the Armenian Catholic community
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°7/7, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Immigration law and entry permit for a religious
- Item - 4 : Octave of prayer for Christian unity
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°7/10, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Zionism and Catholics
- Item - 4 : Zionism and Jerusalem Rabbis
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°7/13, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Request of certificate of immigration for Professor Guido Mendez
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°7/15, Denied Access
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Series - 2 : Mgr Gustavo Testa, Busta 2
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File - 3 : Palestinian Government
- Item - 4 : Appointment of Sir Arthur Wauchope as British High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan and appointment of Sir Harold Alfred McMichael as his successor
- Item - 4 : Silver Jubilee and Birthdays of British H.M. George V
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°8/3, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Other members of the High Commission
- Item - 4 : Staff of the Jerusalem District
- Item - 4 : Palestinian political situation
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File - 3 : Consulates and Municipal authorities in Jerusalem, Bethlehem etc.
- Item - 4 : On a dispensation from the Eucharistic fast and Christmas greetings by the Italian Consul
- Item - 4 : Austrian Consulate
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°9/3, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Czechoslovak Consulate
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°9/5, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°9/6, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Belgian Consulate
- Item - 4 : Lithuanian Consulate
- Item - 4 : German Consulate
- Item - 4 : Iranian Consulate
- Item - 4 : Hungarian Consulate
- Item - 4 : Honduras Consulate
- Item - 4 : Spanish Consulate
- Item - 4 : Question of Jerusalem Municipality
- Item - 4 : On the Mayor of Bethlehem
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File - 3 : Holy Places
- Item - 4 : Article on The Palestine Post about Catholics and the Holy Places
- Item - 4 : On the question of the Holy Places
- Item - 4 : On clashes that occurred at the Nativity Church and renewal works in the same church
- Item - 4 : Questions on the site of the lake of Galilee
- Item - 4 : Oriental Catholics and celebrations at the Holy Places
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File - 3 : Latin Patriarchate - file n°11
- Item - 4 : On the figure of Mgr Luigi Barlassina, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and his celebrations
- Item - 4 : Sickness and death of Mgr Fellinger, Auxiliary Bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem; proposal for his succession
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°11/3, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : On the seminary of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
- Item - 4 : Statistics on the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
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File - 3 : Latin Patriarchate - file n°12
- Item - 4 : On Catholics and clergy of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, on request of transfer to other rite by priests, and request of honours
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°12/2, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : On the relationship between the Patriarchate and oriental rites; on the book “Rito romano e riti orientali” [“Roman rite and Oriental rites”]
- Item - 4 : Request of transfer to the Latin rite
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°12/5, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : On Christian schools in Jerusalem
- Item - 4 : Issues related to the Holy Places and proposals over their status
- Item - 4 : Patriarch and “Amici del popolo” [“People's Friend”]
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°12/9, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°12/10, Denied Access
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File - 3 : Palestinian Government
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Series - 2 : Mgr Gustavo Testa, Busta 3
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File - 3 : The Custody and the Holy Land
- Item - 4 : Report on the Apostolic Visit on the situation of the Latins of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem
- Item - 4 : On the appointment of Fr Alberto Gori as Custos of the Holy Land
- Item - 4 : On the situation of the Catholics in the island of Cyprus and the Custody of the Holy Land
- Item - 4 : On the ordination of students of Theology
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°13/5, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : On the Custody of the Holy Land and the shrines in general
- Item - 4 : On the Cenacle and an hospice on the Mount Zion
- Item - 4 : On the Gethsemani
- Item - 4 : On Bethlehem
- Item - 4 : On the Holy Hour at the Basilica of Gethsemani; request for dispensation of the Eucharistic fast; votive masses in Cana and Capharnaum
- Item - 4 : On the Sanctuary of the Beatitudes
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File - 3 : The Custody of the Holy Land
- Item - 4 : Restoration at the basilica of the Holy Sepulchre and the Nativity
- Item - 4 : Project of the recostruction of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre
- Item - 4 : On the committees in favour of the Holy Sepulchre and in particular the French committee
- Item - 4 : Proposal of lottery in favour of the Holy Sepulchre
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°14/5, Denied Access
- File - 3 : The Custody
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File - 3 : The Custody and the Holy Land
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Series - 2 : Mgr Gustavo Testa, Busta 4
- File - 3 : The Armenian Vicar
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File - 3 : The Melkite Vicar
- Item - 4 : Case of the former Melkite priest of Ramallah, Fr. Farah Dimitri; proposal of appointment of the Exarch Mgr Atanasio Magabgab as Bishop
- Item - 4 : Proposal for the construction of a chapel for the Melkite community of Bethlehem
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°17/3, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Aids
- Item - 4 : On Fr Giovanni Kadi, Greek-Catholic priest of Jaffa, and Fr Marun Abi-Karam, former Maronite priest
- Item - 4 : On some actions against Fr Sciucri Surur, priest of the mission of Beit-Sahour by the Greek-Catholic priest Fr Elias Saide
- File - 3 : The Maronite Vicar
- File - 3 : The Syriac Vicar
- File - 3 : The Armenian priest in Cyprus
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File - 3 : Melkite Diocese of St John of Acre, Haifa, Nazareth and Galilee
- Item - 4 : On Mgr Gregorios Hajjar (Haggear), Bishop of St John of Acre, his death (30 October, 1940) and the appointment of Mgr Joseph Malouf as Apostolic Administrator
- Item - 4 : On Rev. Fr. André Lesain; on Rev. Fr. J.B. Laham; on the parish of Esfia (Mount Carmel)
- Item - 4 : On the decrease of Catholics in Safet; the Greek-Catholic community of Rama in Galilee and Mgr Hajjar; on the Melkite community of Zababde (transfer of rite; construction of a church)
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°21/4, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : On the construction of the Melkite church in Maloul
- Item - 4 : On the construction of the chapel in Zababde in Samaria and news of other chapels
- Item - 4 : On the chapel in Reineh and the destination of the funds for its construction
- Item - 4 : On the question of the chapel of the village of Kerak
- Item - 4 : On the construction of the chapel to Sts Cyril and Patrick in Transjordan; on the construction of a chapel in the village of Arian
- File - 3 : Latin and Melkites
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Series - 2 : Mgr Gustavo Testa, Busta 5
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File - 3 : Financial situation of the Diocese of St John of Acre, Haifa and Nazareth
- Item - 4 : Request of a list of the initiatives taken by Mgr Hajjar during his charge
- Item - 4 : Investigations on the property of Mgr Hajjar conducted by the Melkite Patriarch Mgr Cyril IX and “Fr. Agostino”
- Item - 4 : The Sacred Oriental Congregation orders the Apostolic visit in the Diocese of St John of Acre
- Item - 4 : Further investigations on the property of Mgr Hajjar
- Item - 4 : Questionnaire of the Sacred Oriental Congregation asking for clarifications and information from Mgr Hajjar about his goods
- File - 3 : St. Jean d'Acre after the death of Mgr. Hajjar
- File - 3 : Activities of the Apostolic Administrator of St John of Acre
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File - 3 : Melkite Chaplain of Transjordan
- Item - 4 : On religious life and customs of the Melkites in Transjordan
- Item - 4 : Death of Ghazi I King of Irak; on the Emir Abdullah Illah
- Item - 4 : On the journey to the United States by Mgr Paul Salman, bishop of Transjordan
- Item - 4 : Letters on various topics
- Item - 4 : On the project of construction of a house for the Paolist Fathers in Amman
- Item - 4 : On Fr Jean Matta, Melkite priest of Semakieh, and the priest of Ader
- Item - 4 : On the question of the validity of the ordination of some Melkite priests of Hosn, invalidly baptized by Fr Aid, Orthodox priest
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°26/8, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Passage of properties of Irbid and Jerrache – belonging to Mgr Hajjar – to Mgr Salman
- Item - 4 : On the unstable roof of the Melkite church of Amman
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°26/11, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°26/12, Denied Access
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File - 3 : Financial situation of the Diocese of St John of Acre, Haifa and Nazareth
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Series - 2 : Mgr Gustavo Testa, Busta 6
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File - 3 : Relationships between the Latin and Melkite clergy
- Item - 4 : On the tense relationships between Latin and Melkite priests
- Item - 4 : On the need and the project of a “modus vivendi” between Latins and Melkites
- Item - 4 : Drafting of the “status animarum” of Latin and Melkite population in Transjordan
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°27/4, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°27/5, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°27/6, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°27/7, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°27/8, Denied Access
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File - 3 : Questions raised after the drafting of the “status animarum” in Transjordan
- Item - 4 : Fr Luigi Grassi charged by the Apostolic Delegate of drafting the final lists of the “statu animarum” of all the Latin and Melkite parishes in Transjordan (instructions, reports, letters, etc.)
- Item - 4 : On various questions after the final drafting of the lists (omissions, falsifications etc.)
- Item - 4 : Correspondence concerning questions between Latins and Melkites in Transjordan
- Item - 4 : On the passage to Protestantism by Suedan family at Hosson in Transjordan
- Item - 4 : Questions concerning some Latin and Melkite villages
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File - 3 : Relationships between the Latin and Melkite clergy
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Series - 2 : Mgr Gustavo Testa, Busta 7
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File - 3 : Latins and Melkites in Transjordan, implementation of the “modus vivendi”, schools
- Item - 4 : Project for the division of the Latin and Melkite missionary activities in Transjordan; request of aid from the priest of Eidun
- Item - 4 : On the question of the unification of Catholic schools in Transjordan under the jurisdiction of the Apostolic Delegation, i.e. “Henotikon”
- Item - 4 : Visits to schools, problems, new constructions of schools and other questions on the Henotikon
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°29/4, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Financial questions (mostly budgets)
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°29/6, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°29/7, Denied Access
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File - 3 : St Anne Melkite seminary
- Item - 4 : Confirmation of Fr Portier as Dean of the St Anne Seminary
- Item - 4 : Staff of the Seminary of St Anne
- Item - 4 : Rules for the fast of superiors and seminarists; faculty for confessions
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°30/4, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Correspondence on various topics
- Item - 4 : On the sale of the land “Scopus” belonging to the White Fathers of Jerusalem
- Item - 4 : Continuation of studies in Rome
- Item - 4 : On the importance of conferences for training the priests
- Item - 4 : On the Greek-Catholic Seminary of St Anne in Jerusalem and the project of establishing a Minor seminary in Lebanon; on the question of the Paolist Fathers of Harissa and the Seminary of St Anne
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°30/10, Denied Access
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File - 3 : Syriac-Catholic Seminary of the Mount of Olives
- Item - 4 : On Fr. Anselmo Chibas Lassalle charged by the Holy See of the reform of Maronite monks; on the case of the titles of Fr Jean Anzola
- Item - 4 : Correspondence on annual reports
- Item - 4 : Economic aids for the Seminary; other economic aids for the construction of the chapel in the Seminary
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File - 3 : Religious
- Item - 4 : On the alleged improper use of the salon of the Salesian school in Jerusalem; on the killing of Fr Mario Rosin at Beitgemal; on military inspection of the Salesian house in Cremisan; on Fr Hanna Kill; on the Salesians in Nazareth
- Item - 4 : On the Trappist Fathers at El-Athroun [Latrun]
- Item - 4 : On the Carmelite Fathers
- Item - 4 : On the Benedict Fathers; on the case of the contract by Fr Andrea Walder concerning the Hospice in Tabaga
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°32/5, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°32/6, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : On the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Jerusalem
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°32/8, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°32/9, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°32/10, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°32/11, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°32/12, Denied Access
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File - 3 : Nuns
- Item - 4 : On Miss Gabriella Londej, sister of the Handmaids of Our Lady Queen of Palestine
- Item - 4 : On the houses of the Sisters of Nigrizia; on the relationships between the Superior Sisters in Amman and Kerak; requests of admission to perpetual vows
- Item - 4 : On the congregation of the Rosary Sisters
- Item - 4 : On the Carmelite sisters
- Item - 4 : On the Carmelite sisters of the Pater Convent on the Mount of Olives
- Item - 4 : On the monastery of Clare sisters in Jerusalem
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°33/7, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°33/8, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°33/9, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°33/10, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°33/11, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°33/12, Denied Access
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File - 3 : Latins and Melkites in Transjordan, implementation of the “modus vivendi”, schools
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Series - 2 : Mgr Gustavo Testa, Busta 8
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File - 3 : Orthodox and other questions
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°34/1, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Election of H.B. Timotheos Themelis – former Archbishop of Jordan – as Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem; on a Greek Orthodox Synod held in Jerusalem
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°34/3, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Request for passage of rite by Fr Natanaele, Syriac-Orthodox priest, and new incardination
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°34/5, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°34/6, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : On the dangers for Catholic youth in Transjordan due to the opening of a Protestant school and the need of a Catholic English school; on the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem
- Item - 4 : On the Protestant propaganda in Jerusalem
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°34/9, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : On the participation by non Catholic religious authorities to Catholic rites
- Item - 4 : Requests by Orthodox of being readmitted to the Catholic Church
- File - 3 : Transfers of rites and other decrees
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File - 3 : Honours
- Item - 4 : Request of honour in favour of Mr Paul Hajjar for his support in the construction of churches in Main and Taibeh
- Item - 4 : Request of honour in favour of Mr Agostino Lama, director of the Schola Cantorum of the Holy Land
- Item - 4 : Request of honour in favour of Mr Atalla Mantoura, adjunt of the Governor of the Province of Jerusalem
- Item - 4 : Request of honour in favor of Mr Elia prince of Nicosia (Cyprus)
- Item - 4 : Request of honour in favour of Comm. Quinto Mazzolini, Consul General of Italy for Palestine and Transjordan
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File - 3 : Varia
- Item - 4 : Circular letters on the establishment of the institute “Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem”
- Item - 4 : Letters of recommendation
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°37/3, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Transmissions of Notes by the Secretariat of State and request of certificate of Aryanity
- Item - 4 : Donations by Countess Bignazzi for the repose of the soul of Mgr Bartoloni, predecessor
- Item - 4 : Project of erection of Pontifical Franciscan Hospital in the Holy Land
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°37/7, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°37/8, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°37/9, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°37/10, Denied Access
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File - 3 : Propaganda Fide
- Item - 4 : Offers for the Missionary Day of 1935
- Item - 4 : Offers for the Missionary Day of 1936
- Item - 4 : Offers for the Missionary Day of 1937
- Item - 4 : Offers for the Missionary Day of 1938–1939
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°38/5, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°38/6, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°38/7, Denied Access
- File - 3 : Oeuvre d'Orient: aids distribution and Holy Masses
- File - 3 : Abyssinian hospice in Jerusalem
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File - 3 : Index of the Eastern priests of the Delegation
- Item - 4 : Priests of Eastern rite in the Diocese of St John of Acre
- Item - 4 : Priests of Maronite rite dependent to the Archbishop of Tyre and resident in Palestine and Transjordan
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°41/3, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Subfile n°41/4, Denied Access
- Item - 4 : Priests of Armenian-Catholic rite
- Item - 4 : Priests of Syriac-Antiochiean rite
- Item - 4 : Priests of Ethiopian rite
- Item - 4 : Eastern priests of Cyprus
- Item - 4 : Priests of Armenian rite in Cyprus
- Item - 4 : Priests of Maronite rite in the Diocese of Tyre and in the Latin Patriarchate
- Item - 4 : Deceased priests
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File - 3 : Orthodox and other questions
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Series - 2 : Mgr Gustavo Testa, Busta 1