[26] For sketches of these religious, see Perez’s Catalogo.

[27] Juan Enriquez was a professed religious of the Toledo convent.  After going to the Philippines he labored in San Pablo de los Montes in 1607, in Taal in 1608, and in Malate in 1611.  He was definitor in 1617, and visitor and provincial in 1620.  In 1625 he went to Spain as procurator, and died there in 1631.  See Perez’s Catalogo, p. 77.

[28] Fray Juan de Villalobos was a conventual in Panay in 1593, prior of Santo Nino de Cebu in 1599, first prior of the convent of Guadalupe in 1602 and 1605, and later visitor and definitor.  He died in 1620.  See Perez’s Catalogo, p. 45.

[29] Fray Pedro Garcia Serrano, a native of the town of Chinchon, in the province of Madrid, took his vows in the province of Castilla.  He had considerable reputation as an orator, and was given the title of master in sacred theology some time after his arrival at the islands in 1613.  He filled many posts in the order, among them that of vicar-provincial, definitor (1629), and prior of Guadalupe (1624-1629), as well as that of commissary of the Inquisition and calificador of the Holy Office in the archbishopric of Manila.  He died in Mexico in 1631, while on a voyage to Spain, having been appointed definitor of the general chapter and commissary-procurator.  He wrote some moral sermons in the Pampanga dialect, while exercising the care of missions in that province.  See Perez’s Catalogo, p. 90.

[30] Fray Alonso Ruiz was a native of Coimbra, Portugal, and professed in the Salamanca convent in 1574.  He was minister of the village of Aclan in 1602, and of San Nicolas de Cebu in 1607, sub-prior of the convent of Manila and master of novitiates in 1611, definitor and prior of Guadalupe in 1617, and prior of Taal in 1620.  He afterward served in a number of Pampanga villages, and died in that of Minalin in 1640.  See Perez’s Catalogo, p. 70.

[31] Possibly an error for Jeronimo Cavero, who ministered in certain Luzon villages from 1596 to 1611, and attained great fluency in the Ilocan language.  He became definitor, and examiner and president of the provincial chapter of 1617.  He died in 1622.  See Perez’s Catalogo, p. 51.

[32] Guimaras, opposite Iloilo.—­Coco.

[33] Fray Juan de Lecea was a native of Mondragon in the province of Vizcaya, and took his vows in the convent of Burgos.  Arriving at the Philippines he was destined for the Bisayas, laboring in various missions in that district from 1600 to 1618, during which time he filled several ecclesiastical offices.  He died in 1618 at Oton.  See Perez’s Catalogo, p. 56.

[34] Fray Silvestre Torres, a native of Cordoba, was missionary in Japan in 1616, subprior of the convent of San Pablo in Manila in 1617, minister of Malate in 1618, and prior of Ternate 1620-1623.  On returning to Manila he had charge of the convent of Batangas, and died in the Manila convent in 1626.  See Perez’s Catalogo, p. 86.