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SIR,
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Bishop Raimondi to the Colonial Secretary.
ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION HOUSE, HONGKONG, 10th April, 1885.
Referring to certain remarks made in Council on Wednesday last, on the subject of the Bill for the Incorporation of the Roman Catholic Vicar Apostolic of Hongkong, I beg to inform you that the Head of the Roman Catholic Church in Hongkong will always be a Vicar Apostolic. On the death or in the absence of the Vicar Apostolic, the Senior Priest on the Mission succeeds him as Pro-Vicar, either by special or general appointment; the Vicar Apostolic will generally be a Bishop of some Titular See, but need not necessarily be so.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN T. RAIMONDI,
Honourable W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
Bishop, Vicar Apostolic.