[29] Fray Pedro Garcia Serrano, a native of the town of Chinchon, in the province of Madrid, took his vows in the province of Castilla. He had considerable reputation as an orator, and was given the title of master in sacred theology some time after his arrival at the islands in 1613. He filled many posts in the order, among them that of vicar-provincial, definitor (1629), and prior of Guadalupe (1624-1629), as well as that of commissary of the Inquisition and _calificador_ of the Holy Office in the archbishopric of Manila. He died in Mexico in 1631, while on a voyage to Spain, having been appointed definitor of the general chapter and commissary-procurator. He wrote some moral sermons in the Pampanga dialect, while exercising the care of missions in that province. See Perez's _Catalogo_, p. 90. [30] Fray Alonso Ruiz was a native of Coimbra, Portugal, and professed in the Salamanca convent in 1574. He was minister of the village of Aclan in 1602, and of San Nicolas de Cebu in 1607, sub-prior of the convent of Manila and master of novitiates in 1611, definitor and prior of Guadalupe in 1617, and prior of Taal in 1620. He afterward served in a number of Pampanga villages, and died in that of Minalin in 1640. See Perez's _Catalogo_, p. 70. [31] Possibly an error for Jeronimo Cavero, who ministered in certain Luzon villages from 1596 to 1611, and attained great fluency in the Ilocan language. He became definitor, and examiner and president of the provincial chapter of 1617. He died in 1622. See Perez's _Catalogo_, p. 51. [32] Guimaras, opposite Iloilo.--_Coco_. [33] Fray Juan de Lecea was a native of Mondragon in the province of Vizcaya, and took his vows in the convent of Burgos. Arriving at the Philippines he was destined for the Bisayas, laboring in various missions in that district from 1600 to 1618, during which time he filled several ecclesiastical offices. He died in 1618 at Oton. See Perez's _Catalogo_, p. 56. [34] Fray Silvestre Torres, a native of Cordoba, was missionary in Japan in 1616, subprior of the convent of San Pablo in Manila in 1617, minister of Malate in 1618, and prior of Ternate 1620-1623. On returning to Manila he had charge of the convent of Batangas, and died in the Manila convent in 1626. See Perez's _Catalogo_, p. 86. [35] Fray Diego Oseguera was a choir student in 1607, minister of Mambusao in 1611 and of Baong in 1614. He was especially useful in quieting the Indians who were in rebellion in the Bisayas. He died in 1615. See Perez's _Catalogo_, pp. 187, 188.