Letter of Mar Ivanios to Apostolic Delegate Mooney, Thanking Him for the Reply from the Congregation for the Eastern Church

Tiruvalla, 17 March 1928:

Mar Ivanios thanks the Apostolic Delegate for expediting an answer from Rome and requests his help to bring the negotiations to a happy end (Vatican City, Vatican Apostolic Archives, Arch. Nunz. Ind., Ser.I, Fasc. 87A).

My Lord,

I am very grateful to Your Lordship for expediting an answer from Rome. The Rev. Father Ribeiro gave me the message last Friday. I am sending him today an acknowledgment of the same, requesting further consideration of my memorandum. Since Your Lordship will see my letter, I do not repeat the contents here. May I make a special request that Your Lordship with (sic) most kindly do all that lies in your Lordship's power to bring these negotiations to a settled issue. I am interceding help of the Altar at every Mass.

I remain, Your Lordship's most sincerely,
Ivanios, Bishop of Bethany.