Briefs (Gregory XVI)

Ex Debito Pastoralis – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Erecting the Kingdom of Korea Into a New Apostolic Vicariate (Gregory XVI – Sept. 9, 1831)

Inter Gravissimas – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff to Archbishop Antonio Nurigian, Armenian Primate of Constantinople (Gregory XVI – Feb. 3, 1832)

Summo Iugiter – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff to the Bishops of Bavaria On Mixed Marriages (Gregory XVI – May 27, 1832)

Pastorale Officium – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Investing John Poulden, Priest-Monk of the Anglo-Benedictine Congregation, as Apostolic Vicar in the Territories Subject to the Madraspatana Mission (Gregory XVI – July 3, 1832)

Plura Post – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Announcing a Plenary Indulgence (Gregory XVI – Dec. 2, 1832)

Quo Graviora – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Condemning the Errors of F. L. Mersy and the Effort Against the Doctrine, the Divine Authority, and the Laws of the Church in the Ecclesiastical Province of Rhineland (Gregory XVI – Oct. 4, 1833)

Quod Litteris – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff to the Bishop of Rennes On the Continuing Rebellion of Lammenais (Gregory XVI – Nov. 29, 1833)

Maiori Certo – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Explicitly Approving the Setting Up of a Catholic University in Belgium (Gregory XVI – Dec. 13, 1833)

Superabundavimus – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff to the Archbishop of Paris Congratulating Him on His Role in the Reconciliation of Lammenais (Gregory XVI – Dec. 28, 1833)

Editam Nuper – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff to the Bishop of Rennes On the Reconciliation of Lamennais (Gregory XVI – Dec. 28, 1833)

Perlatae Dudum – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff to the Archbishop of Baltimore and His Suffragans (Gregory XVI – Apr. 23, 1835)

Melchitarum Catholicorum – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Condemning the Antiochene Synod of the Melkite Catholics (Gregory XVI – June 3, 1835)

Dum Acerbissimas – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Condemning and Inscribing in the Index of Prohibited Books the Errors of George Hermes (Gregory XVI – Sept. 26, 1835)

Ad Beatissimi – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Enriching the Sepulcher of the Apostles Peter and Paul With More Abundant Gifts and Indulgences (Gregory XVI – July 17, 1836)

Universi Dominici – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Appointing Brother Giuseppe Angelo Fazio Apostolic Vicar Over the Regions of Egypt and Arabia (Gregory XVI – Feb. 21, 1837)

Universi Dominici Nashville – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Establishing the Diocese of Nashville (Gregory XVI – July 28, 1837)

Universi Dominici – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Establishing the Diocese of Dubuque (Gregory XVI – July 28, 1837)

Ex Debito Pastoralis China – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff On the Establishment of an Additional Apostolic Vicariate in China (Gregory XVI – Aug. 14, 1838)

Ex Debito Pastoralis Leao Tung – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Establishing Leao Tung as an Apostolic Vicariate (Gregory XVI – Aug. 14, 1838)

Ex Debito Pastoralis – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Reinstating and Again Erecting the Province of Hu-quang as an Autonomous Apostolic Vicariate (Gregory XVI – Aug. 14, 1838)

Pastorale Officium – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Appointing Brother Luigi Fontana Apostolic Vicar of the Province of Hu-quang of the Chinese Empire (Gregory XVI – Aug. 14, 1838)

Quae Nuncia – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Supporting the Beloved Christian Children of the Apostolic Vicariates of Tonkin and Cocincina (Gregory XVI – Aug. 4, 1839)

In Supremo – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Condemning the Atrocities Associated With the Slave Trade (Gregory XVI – Dec. 3, 1839)

Pastorale Officium – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Appointing Brother Theodore Abukarim Apostolic Delegate and Visitor to the Abyssinian People (Gregory XVI – July 24, 1840)

Probe Nostis – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff On the Persecution and Glorious Overcoming of the Church (Gregory XVI – Sep. 18, 1840)

De Cocinchinae – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Providing for the Care of the Vicariate of Cocincina (Gregory XVI – Feb. 26, 1841)

Catholicae Religionis – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Ordering With a Plenary Indulgence Prayers For the Church in Spain (Gregory XVI – Feb. 22, 1842)

Apostolici Ministerii – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Constituting the Dutch Mission of Curacao, in South America, Into a Particular Apostolic Vicariate (Gregory XVI – Sep. 20, 1842)

Inter Maximas – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Condemning to the Index the “Lettera” of Francesco Forti (Gregory XVI – Aug. 5, 1843)

Ex Debito Pastoralis – Brief of the Supreme Pontiff Erecting an Apostolic Vicariate in the Kingdom of Japan (Gregory XVI – Mar. 27, 1846)