and
Chaldea, and converted many "schismatic Christians" there to the Roman
Catholic Church. On his return to Rome, he carried a letter addressed
to the pope, from "the Chaldean Christians of Bassora." See _Vol. XXI_,
note 62.

[58] Fray Diego del Aguila, a master of the number in the
ecclesiastical province of Andalucia, was, in spite of his protests,
elected superior of the province of Mechoacan in Mexico while en route
for the Philippines; but he finally followed his first determination,
and sailed for the islands in 1618. He there became visitor, definitor
(1623), vicar-provincial, prior of Guadalupe (1620), and president of
the provincial chapter in 1626. He died at Manila in 1628. See Perez's
_Catalogo_, p. 98. Perez has evidently confused Diego del Aguila with
Lucas de Aguilar, who was definitor in 1650. See Diaz's _Conquistas_
(Valladolid, 1890), p. 516.

[59] Fray Hernando Cabrero professed at the Cordoba convent in
1601. He became sub-prior of Manila in 1609, and of San Pablo de
los Montes in 1618, 1626, and 1629. He also acted as definitor,
examiner, and definitor-general, and died at sea while en route to
Nueva Espana. See Perez's _Catalogo_, pp. 78, 79.

[60] Fray Francisco Coronel was a native of Torija in the province of
Guadalajara, and took the habit in Mexico. He went to the Philippines
in 1606 as deacon. He had charge of the parish mission of Mexico in
1611, and officiated later in Lubao (1613), Bacolor (1617, 1629),
and Macabebe (1620, 1626). He was definitor twice, and also visitor
and prior of the convent of Guadalupe in 1619. See Perez's _Catalogo_,
p. 80.

[61] For sketches of these friars, see Perez's _Catalogo_.

[62] Fray Francisco Villalon was minister at Tondo in 1630, and labored
later in the villages of Tambolong, Tanauan, Caruyan, Bay, Hagonoy, and
Guiguinto, until 1653. He was twice definitor (1638, 1653), and prior
of the convent of Santo Nino (1645). He died in Guiguinto in 1655. He
was well versed in the Tagal language. See Perez's _Catalogo_, p. 104.

[63] Fray Esteban Peralta held various charges in the province of
Castilla before going to the Philippines. He was stationed in the
islands at the mission in Cebu, being proposed several times as
provincial. In 1623 he was procurator-general, in 1626 definitor,
and was at the missions at Tondo (1629) and Hagonoy (1632), where he
died. See Perez's _Catalogo_, p. 98.

[64] Fray Jeronimo Medrano was a native of Estella, and took h