as his successor was not appointed till 1711, it is probable that his death occurred during the preceding year.
The next archbishop. Fray José Lanciego y Eguilaz, did not take possession until the beginning of 1713, and his consecration took place in November of the following year. He administered the affairs of the church until 1728, and was conspicuous for his piety and charity. Numerous institutions received his support, and the most remote districts of his diocese were visited. Lanciego was an especial friend of the Indians, and every month his palace was crowded with beggars to whom he distributed alms. He died on the 25th of January 1728, and was interred in the cathedral, a funeral oration being delivered by the canónigo magistral Doctor Bartolomé Felipe de Ita y Parra.[1]
In October 1702, the duke of Alburquerque, the newly appointed viceroy, arrived at Vera Cruz.[2] A few weeks later Montañez, having first despatched his nephew, the captain of the guard, to welcome the duke, set forth in person to meet him, accompanied by a splendid cortege. Alburquerque was a man of many titles, and somewhat given to display; nevertheless his career, which lasted for more than eight years, fully justified the enthusiasm with which all classes greeted his entrance into the capital.[3] He was
- ↑ Ita y Parra, Sermon Funeral del Sr Lanciego, passim.
- ↑ In the same month cédulas were received in which Montañez was reproved tor alleged malefeasance, deprived of his office and title of viceroy, and forbidden to ride, as was his custom, in a carriage drawn by six horses. He was also censured for refusing to give precedence to the monks of the order of San Diego, and for want of respect to the vicereine. In August 1703, further cédulas arrived threatening him with the inquisition. Robles, Diario, 403-6, 463-4.
- ↑ The titles of the new viceroy were duque de Alburquerque, marqués de Cuéllar, conde de Ledesma y Huelma, señor de las villas de Monbeltran, Codosera, Lanzaita, Mijares, Pedro Bernardo, Aldea Dávila, S. Estévan, Villarejo y Cuevas, comendador de Guadalcanal, y Bensayan of the orders of Santiago and Alcántara; chamberlain to the king, general, and viceroy of New Spain. His wife was Juana de la Cerda y Aragon, duchess of Alburquerque, etc. San Miguel (A. de). Sermon de la Samaritana, title-page, no. 10; Pap. Var., ii. His daughter, who was confirmed in 1703, received no less than fifty-
