[59] Archbishop Benavides died on July 26, 1605, and was succeeded by Diego Vazquez de Mercado--although the latter did not take possession of the see until June, 1610. He was a native of Arevalo, Castilla, and a relative of Gonzalo Ronquillo, fourth governor of the Philippines. He was the first dean of the Manila cathedral, serving therein for sixteen years; then went to Nueva Espana, and, having obtained a doctor's degree from the University of Mexico, held a benefice at Acapulco. He was appointed bishop of Yucatan, but was transferred to the archbishopric of Manila; this post he held until his death, in 1618. He completed the cathedral edince, applying to that work much of his patrimony. [60] Rueda's name alone is contained in the list furnished by Aduarte in 1605 (see "Dominican mission of 1606," _ante_). The names of those Dominicans who actually reached the Philippines in 1606, twenty-six in number, are found (with biographical information) in _Resena biog. Sant. Rosario_, i, pp. 328-333; but the list of those who died on the way (including Rueda and Colmenero) is on p. 335. [61] Also known as Recollects (see _Vol_. XIII, p. 246 and _note_). When they arrived in the Philippines (1606), they established themselves in a suburb of Manila called Bagumbayan. See the detailed account of the circumstances attending the despatch of friars thither from this order, and of the beginning of their work in the islands, in La Concepcion's _Hist. de Philipinas_, iv, pp. 189-265.