The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 42, 1670-1700: 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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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 42, 1670-1700: 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
[At this time] came the despatches for the presentation made by
his Majesty for the archbishopric of Manila, of the person of
the very reverend father master Fray Felipe Pardo, of the Order of
Preachers; he accepted this dignity, and began to govern his church,
the ecclesiastical cabildo yielding up the government to him. This
appointment found him at the time engaged in the duties of commissary
of the Holy Office of the Inquisition; his place therein was taken by
father Fray Juan de los Angeles, a man who was worthy of such a name on
account of his virtue and mild disposition. Also came the presentation
of the reverend father Fray Andrés González for bishop of Nueva Cáceres
or Camarines; he also accepted, and was consecrated, and ruled that
church creditably, as he was a devoted religious, and very charitable;
and he left behind him, when he died, a great reputation for sanctity.
On September 27, the acting governor, Auditor Don Francisco Coloma y
Maceda, died at the age of sixty years, from an intestinal hemorrhage;
he was an official of much integrity and uprightness, and was
buried in the convent of Santo Domingo with his wife, Doña María
de Cuellar. The government was assumed by Auditor Don Francisco de
Mansilla, a native of Ceniceros in Rioja, who was no less upright than
his predecessor. His term of office was short, because a proprietary
governor came in the following year; but even in the short time while
his rule lasted he showed that he deserved that it should continue
during his life, on account of the very peaceable and equitable manner
in which he exercised his office. The first thing which he did was
to look for all those who had been opposed to him in the year 1668,
when he was exiled to Iloylo by Don Juan Manuel Bonifaz; and he
honored all of them, more than some deserved, displaying a generous
spirit, and that of a Christian ruler, which aroused the admiration
of those who saw his prudence and moderation. These islands were much
grieved that he must so soon have a successor, for the people loved
and reverenced him. He was of corpulent figure and venerable aspect;
and his hair (which was scanty) and his mustache (which was large)
were white as snow--all which conciliated respect. Two years afterward,
promotion came to him, the post of alcalde for criminal cases in [the
Audiencia of] Méjico; but he died at the height of the voyage. [69] He
had two sons: Don Felipe Mansilla, a knight of the Order of Santiago,
who lives in Méjico; and Father Antonio Mansilla, of the Society of
Jesus, in these islands.
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