and for those of the Cavite
shore; alms for the self-respecting poor; hospitals and prisons;
and suffrages for the blessed souls in purgatory--which are perennial.

Chapter L

Curacies and employments of religious in this archbishopric

Curacies

560. There are thirteen secular curacies and their visitas in all the
archbishopric of Manila. In the Manila cathedral there are two--one
for Spaniards, and one for natives. In the province of Tongdo is the
curacy of Santiago; that of La Hermita de Guia, and that of Quiapo, the
latter being an archiepiscopal house. In the jurisdiction of Cavite,
the curacy of that port and city, and that of the natives of San
Roque. In the province of Balayan, the curacy of Balayan and that of
El Rosario. In the province of Laguna de Bai, the curacy of Tunasan,
that of Tabuco, and that of Santo Thomas in the mountains. In the
jurisdiction of Mindoro, the curacy of Luban. In all those curacies
there are now administered about [_blank in original_] souls.

Calced Augustinians

561. The calced Augustinian religious have their convent and church
within the archbishopric. It is all of stone arches, and is located
in Manila; and art has employed all its beauties in its building,
and it is of special size and beauty. There live, as a general thing,
fifty religious, all of well-known talents; and they have quarters for
novitiates and study, for those who need them. This was the first order
which (in the year 1565) conquered these islands; through their first
prelate and father of them all, the venerable Fray Andres de Urdaneta,
a Biscayan, and a son of the convent and province of Mexico. This
convent of Manila is the head of all the province of Dulcissimo
Nombre de Jesus, and of all the parochial convents that are possessed
throughout the province by the Augustinians, to wit, as follows:

562. In the province of Tongdo: the convents of Tongdo, Tambobong,
Malate, Paranaque, Pasig, and Tagui. According to the last census,
those convents minister to 21,959 souls.

563. The sanctuary of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe on the river of
Manila, where there are no Indians in its charge, and where only a
few religious stay for the worship of that holy image.

564. In the province of Bai, the province of San Pablo de los Montes,
which has in charge 2,600 souls.

565. In the province of Taal or Balayan: the convents of Taal, with
the holy sanctuary of the miraculous Virgin, and of Casaysay and i