He went to the Philippines
in 1606 as deacon. He had charge of the parish mission of Mexico in
1611, and officiated later in Lubao (1613), Bacolor (1617, 1629),
and Macabebe (1620, 1626). He was definitor twice, and also visitor
and prior of the convent of Guadalupe in 1619. See Perez's _Catalogo_,
p. 80.
[61] For sketches of these friars, see Perez's _Catalogo_.
[62] Fray Francisco Villalon was minister at Tondo in 1630, and labored
later in the villages of Tambolong, Tanauan, Caruyan, Bay, Hagonoy, and
Guiguinto, until 1653. He was twice definitor (1638, 1653), and prior
of the convent of Santo Nino (1645). He died in Guiguinto in 1655. He
was well versed in the Tagal language. See Perez's _Catalogo_, p. 104.
[63] Fray Esteban Peralta held various charges in the province of
Castilla before going to the Philippines. He was stationed in the
islands at the mission in Cebu, being proposed several times as
provincial. In 1623 he was procurator-general, in 1626 definitor,
and was at the missions at Tondo (1629) and Hagonoy (1632), where he
died.
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