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Rh him in the government, and then turned his attention to his duties as bishop and visitador. The cathedral of Puebla, which had been commenced in the middle of the preceding century, was completed, the viceroy making a donation of 15,000 pesos, and obtaining within four years subscriptions amounting to 150,000 pesos.

The building-was consecrated on the 18th of April 1649, and until the completion of the cathedral in Mexico was the finest church edifice in New Spain. More than a hundred thousand persons were confirmed; the college of San Pedro y San Pablo was founded, with a library of some six thousand volumes; the hospital de la Concepcion for orphans was established; and many other charitable acts gave testimony to the zeal of this worthy prelate.

In October 1642 the nineteenth viceroy of New