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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 37, 1669-1676: 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
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[47] Pedro Mejia was a native of La Mancha, and professed in the
convent of Valladolid. He became prior of Guadalupe in 1621 and was
later definitor and visitor. He was also minister of Narvacan in 1611,
and of the Tagálog villages of Calumpit, Bauan and Guiguinto until
his death in 1659. See Pérez's Catálogo, pp. 94, 95.
[48] Diego Tamayo was a native of La Mancha, and professed in
Andalucia. He was subprior of the convent of Manila in 1635,
procurator-general in 1636, minister of Bacolor in 1638, prior of
Manila in 1647, and definitor in 1650. Pérez says that he was again
incorporated with his province in 1682. See Pérez's Catálogo, p. 109.
[49] Cristóbal Enríquez, a native of Cáceres, was minister in the
villages of Dumalag (1620) and San Pedro (Antique; 1627)--being
later transferred to the province of Tagálos, where he ministered in
Batangas, Tanaoan, and Baoan (1635, 1639, 1645, and 1648), passing
thence to Tambobong, Sala, Bigaá, and lastly to Malolos (1650). He
acted as definitor, assistant counselor (discreto) of the province,
and commissary-procurator in Madrid; and died in Trujillo in 1659. See
Pérez's Catálogo, p. 94.
[50] Manuel Estacio Venegas had been regidor of Manila, and became
later master-of-camp (see Pastells's Colin, pp. 487, 493). He became
the favorite of Governor Diego Fajardo y Chacón, who allowed him to
exercise great power, in which he proved himself to be an arbitrary
and cruel man. Finally the eyes of the governor were opened to
his character; and he was arrested September 16, 1651, and died in
prison. See Montero y Vidal's Hist. de Filipinas, i, pp. 266, 290,
291. See also Concepción's Hist. de Philipinas, vi, pp. 195, 297-301,
where a dark picture is drawn of Venegas's venality.
[51] Buzeta and Bravo say (Diccionario, ii, p. 219) that this edifice
was reconstructed about 1690, being greatly enlarged.
[52] Spanish, Guerrero--a play upon his name, which signifies
"warrior."
[53] Alonso de Lara was subprior of the convent of Manila in 1638,
prior of the convent of Guadalupe in 1641, definitor of the province
in 1643, procurator-general in 1648, and minister of Guagua in 1650. He
died in 1651. See Pérez's Catálogo, p. 109.
[54] Cristóbal de León was a native of Galicia, and went to the
Philippines in 1628. He was minister of Tagudín (1635 and 1638),
Narvacán and Batác (1642), and Laoag (1647). From the last village he
went to the villages of Bay (1650, 1659), Taal (1654), Tondo (1656,
1665), and Bulacán (1662). He was definitor and procurator-general
in 1641, and died in Manila in 1668. See Pérez's Catálogo, p. 109.
[55] Alonso Quijano, a native of Corral de Almaguér in La Mancha,
was an excellent linguist in the Bisayan, and served in the missions
of Dunangas (1632), Jaro (1633), Laglag (1635), and Panay (1638). He
was definitor in 1644, provincial in 1656, prior of the convent of
Guadalupe in 1659-62, and provincial again in 1665. His death occurred
in 1667. See Pérez's Catálogo, p. 108.
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