Od prawa patronackiego do ius mandati. Powierzanie terenów do ewangelizacji w Afryce
From Patronage Law to ius mandati. Entrusting Territories for Evangelization in Africa

Summary/Abstract: The author presents the subordination of the mission ad gentes in Africa to the privilege of the padroado given to Portugal. This privilege became the basis of the so-called “patronage mission”. It cast a shadow on the evangelization of Africa effectively blocking it by identifying the mission with the interests of the Portuguese Empire. For a long time non-Portuguese and missionaries sent by the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith were not allowed to carry out missions. Nevertheless, the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith developed a system of prefectures and apostolic vicariates that were subordinated directly to the pope. This was an exploitation of a legal loophole which over time became the practice of the Congregation. Paradoxically, some rules from the padroado system were still used in the 20th century.

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