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History of Central America, Volume 2, 1530-1800, Volume 7

Note XIX‑3 — Chapter XIX · THE ECCLESIASTICS IN CHIAPAS. 1550.

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Fray Pedro de Barrientos was appointed superior, and according to Pineda, 129, by Bishop Marroquin. The cabildo granted the friars their choice of an allotment, and they selected one near the Cerro de la Cruz on the road to Chapultepec. An additional piece of land, 130 paces square, was also given them for their church and convent. Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 436-7; Juarros, Hist. Guat., 63-4; Pineda, Descrip. Geog., 129.

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