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vicar-general and visitador of his order in Peru and New Spain, who died in 1590 while on a pastoral visit.[1] His successor was an Augustinian, Juan Suarez de Escobar, who did not survive long enough to be consecrated, whereupon Doctor Francisco Rodriguez Santos García,[2] lately ruler of the archbishopric, occupied the prelacy till 1596, when it passed to Alonso de la Mota, of whom I shall speak hereafter.[3]
In the adjoining see of Michoacan, Bishop Quiroga had inaugurated a veritable golden era with his indefatigable efforts for the protection of the natives,
Michoacan.
the establishment of hospitals and schools, and the promotion of exemplary life.[4] After his deeply re-
- ↑ At Atoyac, February 15th. He had been appointed on July 6, 1582.
- ↑ A native of Madrigal, and a most benevolent man. He is supposed to have died at Mexico, June 28, 1596. Gonzalez Dávila, Teatro Ecles., i. 182. Alcedo blunders about the date.
- ↑ Successively dean at Michoacan, Tlascala, and Mexico, and highly esteemed for his exemplary life and deeds. He was appointed October 22, 1597. Gonzalez Dávila Teatro Ecles., i. 93, 182, 193; Vetancur, Trot. Mex., 23, 51; Concilios Prov., MS., No. 1, 160-9, 185, 337; Id., vii. 336-40; Figueroa, Vindicias, MS., 70.
- ↑ This will be more fully narrated on a succeeding page.
