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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 35, 1640-1649: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 35, 1640-1649: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

His sacred Majesty our king and sovereign Philipo Second was pleased,
through his most Christian and Catholic zeal, to establish this kingdom
of Philipinas and plant herein the evangelical doctrine by means of
the religious of our seraphic father St. Francis. For this purpose his
Majesty sent father Fray Pedro de Alfaro with seventeen religious, sons
of the province of San Joseph, of the discalced religious. Thirteen
of them were priests, two were choristers and two lay-brothers. Six
religious died on the voyage, but they were joined by six more in
México, and they entered Manila August 2, 1577. They were lodged in a
bamboo house, where the marshal Gabriel de Ribera built a church of
planks. Father Fray Pedro de Alfaro began his ministry immediately
by assigning his associates to all the provinces of this kingdom;
and they, inducing the Indians to come from the rugged mountains and
reducing them to settlements, baptized them and instructed them in
the mysteries of our holy faith, and erected churches and laid out
villages. At present the province has charge of fifty-two villages
in these islands, as follows.



Province of Tagalos

1. The convent of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria of Dilao, which
the dean, Don Francisco de Arellano, founded at his own cost, with a
church and house of stone. It is located outside the walls of the city
of Manila. It has 300 tributes, which makes a total of 1,200 persons
of all ages. Japanese Christians are ministered to in that convent,
and have their own Japanese minister who has charge of them. Four
religious live in that convent constantly.

2. Three quarters of a legua up the river from Manila is the convent of
Nuestra Señora de Loreto of San Páloc [i.e., Sampaloc], with a stone
church and house. It was founded at his own cost by Master-of-camp
Pedro de Gómez. It has a visita located one-half legua distant from
it. Two hundred tributes are administered there, who amount in all
to 800 persons of all ages. One father lives there.

3. One legua up stream from that convent is the convent of Santa Ana
of Sapa, with a stone church and house, which was built by Admiral
Juan Pardo de Losada at his own cost. It has 200 tributes, or 800
souls of all ages, and one religious lives there.

4. In the jurisdiction of Bulacán, the convent of San Diego of Polo,
with a stone church and house. It has 300 tributes, or 1,200 persons
of all ages. Some Christian Sangley farmers are ministered to there,
and two religious live in that convent all the time.

5. One legua farther on is the convent of San Francisco of Micauayan,
which has a visita in the mountains. It has 130 tributes or 600
persons of all ages, and one religious lives there.

6. Two leguas farther on is the convent of San Martín of Bocaui,
with a stone church and a wooden house. It has two visitas, and has
150 tributes or 700 persons. One religious lives there.

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History

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 35, 1640-1649: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources

His sacred Majesty our king and sovereign Philipo Second was pleased,
through his most Christian and Catholic zeal, to establish this kingdom
of Philipinas and plant herein the evangelical doctrine by means of
the religious of our seraphic father St. Francis. For this purpose his
Majesty sent father Fray Pedro de Alfaro with seventeen religious, sons
of the province of San Joseph, of the discalced religious. Thirteen
of them were priests, two were choristers and two lay-brothers. Six
religious died on the voyage, but they were joined by six more in
México, and they entered Manila August 2, 1577. They were lodged in a
bamboo house, where the marshal Gabriel de Ribera built a church of
planks. Father Fray Pedro de Alfaro began his ministry immediately
by assigning his associates to all the provinces of this kingdom;
and they, inducing the Indians to come from the rugged mountains and
reducing them to settlements, baptized them and instructed them in
the mysteries of our holy faith, and erected churches and laid out
villages. At present the province has charge of fifty-two villages
in these islands, as follows.



Province of Tagalos

1. The convent of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria of Dilao, which
the dean, Don Francisco de Arellano, founded at his own cost, with a
church and house of stone. It is located outside the walls of the city
of Manila. It has 300 tributes, which makes a total of 1,200 persons
of all ages. Japanese Christians are ministered to in that convent,
and have their own Japanese minister who has charge of them. Four
religious live in that convent constantly.

2. Three quarters of a legua up the river from Manila is the convent of
Nuestra Señora de Loreto of San Páloc [i.e., Sampaloc], with a stone
church and house. It was founded at his own cost by Master-of-camp
Pedro de Gómez. It has a visita located one-half legua distant from
it. Two hundred tributes are administered there, who amount in all
to 800 persons of all ages. One father lives there.

3. One legua up stream from that convent is the convent of Santa Ana
of Sapa, with a stone church and house, which was built by Admiral
Juan Pardo de Losada at his own cost. It has 200 tributes, or 800
souls of all ages, and one religious lives there.

4. In the jurisdiction of Bulacán, the convent of San Diego of Polo,
with a stone church and house. It has 300 tributes, or 1,200 persons
of all ages. Some Christian Sangley farmers are ministered to there,
and two religious live in that convent all the time.

5. One legua farther on is the convent of San Francisco of Micauayan,
which has a visita in the mountains. It has 130 tributes or 600
persons of all ages, and one religious lives there.

6. Two leguas farther on is the convent of San Martín of Bocaui,
with a stone church and a wooden house. It has two visitas, and has
150 tributes or 700 persons. One religious lives there.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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