Note XXXV‑50 — Chapter XXXV · GUATEMALA AND CHIAPAS. 1601-1700.

Gonzalez Dávila, Teatro Ecles., 168, says he was appointed July 5, 1645, and arrived in Guatemala September 16th of the same year. In Juarros, Guat., i. 283, the date given for the king's appointment is 1641, which is the year Dávila gives for the transfer of Saravia. According to Escamilla, Noticias Curiosas de Guat., 9, Bishop Soltero entered Guatemala at the end of the year 1644 or the beginning of 1645. He agrees with Dávila in stating that he took possession of the office Sept. 16, 1645. We may conclude that there was an interval between the administrations of Saravia and Soltero of some three or four years.