is vows
at the convent of Soria in 1604. He labored in the missions of Caruyan
(1615), Quingua (1617), Malolos (1620), Taal (1621), Hagonoy (1623),
Paranaque (1629), and Tondo (1638 and 1647). He was definitor and
visitor, and three times provincial (1632, 1641, and 1650). His death
occurred in 1656. See Perez's _Catalogo_, p. 88.
[65] Fray Alonso Carbajal was a native of Salamanca, and professed in
the province of Castilla, where he read sacred theology and obtained
the degree of master. Dates regarding his life are meager. He was
prior of Manila in 1623 and 1653; of Guadalupe, 1638; definitor, 1626
and 1653; visitor and provincial, 1644; while he renounced several
bishoprics. Besides this he had charge of mission work in Guagua in
1620, Macabebe in 1632, and Bacolor in 1650, after which he served
in the Bisayas until his death. See Perez's _Catalogo_, pp. 96, 97.
[66] Kings III [_i.e._, Kings I of the Protestant version], v,
4.--_Coco_.
[67] Fray Pedro de Torres was born in Andalucia. He ministered in
the Philippines in Mambusao in 1629, and at Oton in 1632, dying in
Manila about 1633. See Perez's _Catalogo_, p. 100.
[68] Fray Juan Gallegos was a native of Mancha, and took his vows in
the convent at Burgos. He was Ilocan minister at the town of Narvacan
(1620) and Laoag (1623). He refused an appointment (1625) as procurator
to Spain and Rome, preferring to devote himself to his ministry. He
was at Bantay in 1626 and 1630; at the villages of Candon in 1629,
1635, and 1644; and Bauang in 1633. He was subprior in 1617, and twice
definitor and visitor, dying in 1648 at Candon. See Perez's _Catalogo_,
p. 94. He is to be distinguished from the other Augustinian religious
of the same name who died while definitor in 1581.
[69] Fray Francisco del Portillo was one of the best orators of his
time. He died in 1628 after exercising the care of souls in Purao in
1626, and taking possession of the land necessary to found a convent
in Formosa. See Perez's _Catalogo_, pp. 103, 104.
[70] "They hanged them on gibbets in the sight of the sun."
[71] Fray Francisco de Santa Maria Oliva took his vows in the Toledo
convent in 1581. He was minister of Dumaguete in 1599, and later
of Potol, Ibabay, Mambusao, and Jaro, until 1628, when he died. See
Perez's _Catalogo_, p. 38.
[72] In the text, _actuanse_, which is apparently a misprint for
_actuante_.
[73] Perez (_Catalogo_, p. 107) says that this friar, whom he calls
Barto
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