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Rh and deacon and treasurer of the cathedral of Mexico, he became in 1657 bishop of Oajaca, whence he was promoted to the see of the capital. He wore the mitre but for a short time, dying the following year.

The twenty-fifth viceroy, Antonio Sebastian de Toledo, Molina y Salazar, marqués de Mancera, arrived at Vera Cruz in July 1664, but his entrance into Mexico was delayed for several months, when, notwithstanding an order of the crown, it was made on the 15th of October with the usual ceremonies. On the same day he took possession of the government. His previous career had already given him an opportunity to exhibit his abilities, and he now showed that his election was fully justified.

Immediately after his arrival the drainage of Lake Zumpango was recommenced. The undertaking had been begun nearly a century before, but was still in a backward condition. Under Mancera a friar of the