Note 3 — COLLEGE-SEMINARY OF SAN FELIPE

16. So angry was the court against the right reverend prelate Señor Camacho, where his connivance with the patriarch was so displeasing, that he was removed from this metropolitan see to the bishopric of Guadalaxara in Nueva España. He went thither in the year one thousand seven hundred and six, to take possession of his government. He was a zealous and charitable archbishop. From the due salary of his predecessor, Señor Poblete, from various alms given by the king, and from those given by pious private persons, his zealous diligence got together more than forty thousand pesos. He spent them in this holy church of Manila in its decoration and ornament. He gilded the reredos, beautified the choir, enriched the sacristy with chalices and ornaments, and as well built the excellent steeple from its foundations, and other things. More than twenty thousand pesos were pledged in these expenses and in various alms. He was a vigilant shepherd, and if the violent controversies above mentioned which he had with the regulars occurred, he can very easily be excused in what did not exceed the authority and dignity of his office. He promoted the missions of Paynaan and San Isidro, where he went in person to induce the Aetas or Negritos to become converted. [Other facts concerning the life of Camacho follow.]3