Year of Foundation or Revival. | Year of Arrival. | | Corporation. Towns. | | | | Provinces. | | | | | Friars. | | | | | | Baptisms. Marriages. | | | | | | | | Burials. | | | | | | | | | Souls. 395 1570 Augustinians 203 16 310 98,731 20,355 83,051 2,082,131 1061 1532 1606 Recollets 194 20 192 56,259 11,439 40,008 1,175,156 1208 1577 Franciscans 153 15 455 38,858 11,927 35,737 1,010,753 1216 1587 Dominicans 69 10 206 27,576 7,307 32,336 699,851 1534 1581 Jesuits [5] 33 6 167 15,302 [6] 2,017 4,937 191,493 Secular Clergy .. .. .. .. .. .. 967,294 ----- --------- Total 1,330 6,126,678 N.B.-- The population of the Islands according to the census of 1877 5,995,160 Probable Christian population, 1899 8,000,000 These holy men have, since very early times, shown themselves rather turbulent, and then and always endeavoured to carry matters with a high hand. Thus in 1582 we find them refusing to admit the diocesan visit of the Bishop of Manila, and that old dispute has cropped up on and off many times since then. At the same time we find them taking the part of the natives against the Encomenderos. They have always been ready to fight for their country and to subscribe money for its defence. When Acting Governor Guido de Lavezares headed the column which attacked the pirate Li-ma-Hon, he was accompanied by the Provincial of the Augustinians. In 1603 all the friars in Manila took up arms against the revolted Chinese, and three years later the Augustinians not only furnished a war ship to fight the Portuguese, but provided a captain for it in the person of one of their Order, Fray Antonio Flores. It appears that the estates of the Augustinians and the Dominicans were very early a bone of contention, for in 1689 a judge arrived in Manila, and, in virtue of a special commission he had brought from Madrid, he required them to present their titles. This they refused to do, and the judge was sent back to Mexico, and a friend of the friars was appointed as Commissioner in his place. Then the friars condescended to unofficially exhibit their titles. Now more than two centuries after the first abortive attempt, the question of the ownership of these lands is still under discussion.