TITLE: Diego Vasquez de Mercado

DESCRIPTION: Related to Ronquillos. Became a diocesan priest obtaining a doctor’s degree in Canon Law from the University of Mexico . Went to the Philippines with Salazar working as the dean of Manila Cathedral. Became Archbishop of Manila in 1610, eve of Corpus Christi . Completed building the cathedral and enacted various regulations for good government of the cathedral. Died on June 12, 1616 .