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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

History

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

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

Don Fray Hernando Guerrero was a native of the town of Alcaraz,
although Doctor Juan Pérez de Montalbán represents him as born in
Madrid. He was the legitimate son of Don Fernando Guerrero and of
Doña Isabel de la Barreta, both of noble blood. He received the
habit of our holy religion in the convent of San Felipe in Madrid,
where he professed July 26, 1588, during the priorship of father Fray
Antonio de Velasco. Later he came to these islands in the year 1595
with the mission that was sent from España by father Fray Francisco de
Ortega--who died afterward in Mexico, when returning as the ambassador
of King Don Felipe II to the emperor of China. He was minister of the
provinces of Tagalos, where he built the convent of Tagui; it was a
magnificent work before it suffered ruin in the earthquakes of 1645,
which overthrew the most sumptuous edifices. He obtained the most
honorable posts in the order next to the provincialate, as a reward
for his great merits; and, had he not been presented by his Majesty
as bishop of Nueva Segovia, he would also have filled the post of
provincial. That was due to his many services to this province; for
he went to España twice and brought over two excellent missions of
religious. Special mention is made of this archbishop by the father
master Fray Tomás de Herrera, on folio 243 of the first part of his
Alfabeta Agustiniano [i.e., "Augustinian Alphabet"]; and on folio
297 of chapter 43 of the first part of the history of our convent of
Salamanca. He is said to have received despatches to act as governor
of these islands, although that is not clear to me. It may be true
that he had a decree to act as governor ad interim; but as there was
no vacancy in the government of these islands, he never had occasion to
use that favor. In a rare book preserved in manuscript in the treasury
of the holy cathedral church of Manila, on the lives and deeds of
the archbishops of the city, there is a very long relation of the
government of Don Fray Hernando Guerrero and of his great sufferings
in defense of the ecclesiastical immunity. Speaking of his death,
the following is added:

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History

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

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

Don Fray Hernando Guerrero was a native of the town of Alcaraz,
although Doctor Juan Pérez de Montalbán represents him as born in
Madrid. He was the legitimate son of Don Fernando Guerrero and of
Doña Isabel de la Barreta, both of noble blood. He received the
habit of our holy religion in the convent of San Felipe in Madrid,
where he professed July 26, 1588, during the priorship of father Fray
Antonio de Velasco. Later he came to these islands in the year 1595
with the mission that was sent from España by father Fray Francisco de
Ortega--who died afterward in Mexico, when returning as the ambassador
of King Don Felipe II to the emperor of China. He was minister of the
provinces of Tagalos, where he built the convent of Tagui; it was a
magnificent work before it suffered ruin in the earthquakes of 1645,
which overthrew the most sumptuous edifices. He obtained the most
honorable posts in the order next to the provincialate, as a reward
for his great merits; and, had he not been presented by his Majesty
as bishop of Nueva Segovia, he would also have filled the post of
provincial. That was due to his many services to this province; for
he went to España twice and brought over two excellent missions of
religious. Special mention is made of this archbishop by the father
master Fray Tomás de Herrera, on folio 243 of the first part of his
Alfabeta Agustiniano [i.e., "Augustinian Alphabet"]; and on folio
297 of chapter 43 of the first part of the history of our convent of
Salamanca. He is said to have received despatches to act as governor
of these islands, although that is not clear to me. It may be true
that he had a decree to act as governor ad interim; but as there was
no vacancy in the government of these islands, he never had occasion to
use that favor. In a rare book preserved in manuscript in the treasury
of the holy cathedral church of Manila, on the lives and deeds of
the archbishops of the city, there is a very long relation of the
government of Don Fray Hernando Guerrero and of his great sufferings
in defense of the ecclesiastical immunity. Speaking of his death,
the following is added:

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

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