The Omnimoda of Adrian VI (Zaragoza, 9 May 1522) and its extension by Paul III in 1535

The brief that chartered the missionary church of Spanish America. Adrian VI, writing from Zaragoza before he had reached Rome, let mendicant friars cross to the Indies, elect their own prelates there, and gave those prelates "omnimodam auctoritatem nostram in utroque foro" over friars and converted Indians wherever no bishop could be found within two days' journey — while handing the crown the power to fix how many friars went.