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Luis Ignacio Marïa Peñalver y
Cárdenas (1749-1810), a native of Havana, served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana
and the
Floridas from 1795-1801. In this 1800 letter to the Cabildo he sought to provide for a schedule of Holy Week
services that would be agreeable to the municipal authorities. Apparently, this caused a good deal of
discussion among the Cabildo members. Almost one year later, Acting Governor Nicolas Marïa Vidal
answered the Bishop on behalf of the Cabildo, requesting that the masses on Holy Thursday and Good
Friday be scheduled a half-hour later in the year 1801. | [Petitions, letters, and decrees of the Cabildo, September 26, 1799, #349] Next page
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