Vatican parchment comes home

A papal bull appointing Matthew Beovich as Archbishop of Adelaide has been painstakingly conserved and returned to its home in the Adelaide Archdiocese Archives.

Precious document in good hands

When Pope Pius XII decided to appoint Matthew Beovich as Archbishop of Adelaide, he did what popes before him had been doing for centuries and issued a papal bull – an official decree confirming in writing the appointment effective as of December 11 1939.

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Vatican parchment comes home

Precious document in good hands