Note 31 — THE COLLEGE OF SAN JOSÉ
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The college of San José and its estates were seized and confiscated to the crown.31 The college buildings were converted into barracks. Against this confiscation, the archbishop protested, and petitioned the governor-general that, pending the king’s action on the protest, the college be turned over to him. The petition being granted, the archbishop took possession of the college, and converted it into a seminary for the education and instruction of the native clergy.32 He ordered the former collegiates to leave, and placed the new seminary in charge of the Piarist fathers [padres escolapios]33 The Audiencia of Manila protested against this action of the archbishop.34 The royal answer to their letter is as follows: