| Description | Papers relating to the following churches:
f. 1: list of churches with dates of unification with the Holy See.
ff. 2-6: Armenian: 1962; 1966: resignation of Cardinal Agagianian as Armenian Patriarch of Cilicia and election of Archbishop Louis Batanian, 1962; 'The Armenian Patriarchate. Its History since 1742' by Mark Doughty in 'The Tablet', 3 Nov. 1962; visit of Cardinal Toumayan to London, March 1966.
ff.7-19: Chaldean: 1947-1968: 'Chaldean Communities in Kurdistan' by A.H. Gransden [1947]; copy of a letter from Ibrahim Petros Ibrahim to the Revd. C.V. Roberts, Chaplain, St. George's Baghdad with comment from R.A. Beaumont, British Consulate, Mosul, 26 May 1947; note on the Chaldean Uniates from the Foreign Office Research Dept., Nov. 1950; letter from Weston Stewart, Bishop in Jerusalem following a visit to Habbaniyah and Baghdad, 29 April 1952; letter from Patriarch Joseph VII Ghanima, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon, to Archbishop Fisher, following a visit from Archdeacon Roberts, with response, Oct.-Nov. 1957; translation of a letter from Fr. Pierre Duprey to Canon Satterthwaite on the difficult situation between the Assyrians and Chaldeans in Tehran, 30 August 1968.
ff.20-21: Czechoslovakian: 1960: 'An Oppressed Community in Czechoslovakia', translated summary from 'L'Osservatore Romano' 14 Oct. 1960 concerning the Oriental Rite Diocese of Preshov.
ff.22-26: Ethiopian:1961-1964: notes of Sir Harry Luke's remarks about the church, 1 Feb. 1961; note of the creation of an ecclesiastical province of the Alexandrine-Ethiopian Rite, April 1961 by Pope John XXIII; letter from Sir Harry Luke with information on the churches in Ethiopia, 27 Jan. 1962; note on the Uniate and Latin Rite Catholics in Ethiopia, 17 March 1964.
ff.27-39: Romanian: 1961-1971: note on the situation of Churches in the Romanian People's Republic, April 1961; 'Persecuation of the Uniates' by Ion Ratiu, in 'Amnest', 23 August 1961; correspondence with Ion Ratiu, President of the British-Rumanian Associtation about Archbishop Ramsey's visit to Romania, 1965; briefings for Archbishop Ramsey's visit, including 'Religion in Rumania' provided by the Foreign Office, 28 May 1965; note of a meeting with Ion Ratiu and others, 31 May 1965; extract from 'The Times', 8 June 1965, on Archbishop Ramsey's visit; information from Doreen Berry on the 're-instatement' by the Romanian government of the Uniat Church in Romania, with a letter from Fr. Lucian Gafton unable to confirm the developments, Nov. 1971.
ff.40-47: Syrian Catholic: 1968; 1971: condolences on the death of Cardinal Ignace Tappouni; congratulations on the elevation of Ignace Antoine Hayek as Syrian Patriarch of Antioch, with a letter of thanks from him, March-April 1968; letter to the Revd. G.C. Davies with greetings for Fr. Ozdemir, 10 August 1971.
ff.48-52: Syro-Malankara: 1962-1964: 'The Syrian Church of Malabar' from 'Proche-Orient Chrétien' July-Sept. 1962; 'Increases for the Syro-Malankarese' from 'The Tablet' 13 April 1963; extract from a letter from the Revd. Geoffrey Paul to Canon Satterthwaite on the situation in Kerala, 2 Dec. 1964. |