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692 vicar-general and visitador of his order in Peru and New Spain, who died in 1590 while on a pastoral visit. His successor was an Augustinian, Juan Suarez de Escobar, who did not survive long enough to be consecrated, whereupon Doctor Francisco Rodriguez Santos García, lately ruler of the archbishopric, occupied the prelacy till 1596, when it passed to Alonso de la Mota, of whom I shall speak hereafter.

In the adjoining see of Michoacan, Bishop Quiroga had inaugurated a veritable golden era with his indefatigable efforts for the protection of the natives,

the establishment of hospitals and schools, and the promotion of exemplary life. After his deeply