1584 made itself manifest in his appointment to the vacant viceroyalty.[1]
The results of the previous convocations had been not altogether satisfactory, and in 1585 the third provincial council in the city of Mexico took place, summoned on the 30th of March of the previous year by Archbishop Moya. It was formally opened January 20th, presided over by the archbishop, who was now also the viceroy, governor, and captain general of New Spain, as well as visitador. The suffragan bishops in attendance were: Juan de Medina Rincon, of Michoacan; Domingo Arzola, of Nueva Galicia; Diego Romano, of Puebla; Bartolomé de Ledesma, of Oajaca; Gomez de Córdoba, of Guatemala; and Gregorio de Montalvo, of Yucatan.[2]
There were also present at the installation, besides the legal advisers and other officers of the council, the oidores of the royal audiencia, namely, doctors Pedro Farfan, Pedro Sanchez Paredes, Francisco de Sande, Fernando de Robles, and Diego García de Palacio; the alcalde de Chanchilleriá, Doctor Santiago del Riego, and the fiscal, Licenciado Eugenio de Salazar. The secretary of the council was Doctor Juan de Salcedo, dean of Mexico and professor of canonical law in the university.
The labors of this council terminated in the latter part of September. Some of the chief measures
- ↑ On another occasion, at the funeral of Francisco de Velasco, the brother of the second viceroy, in Dec. 1574, Enriquez caused the prie-dieu that had been placed for the prelate in the church to be taken away, claiming that he was the sole person that could use that article. Later he inflicted the same insult on the bishop of Michoacan at the Saint Augustine church, though on the next day he caused the prie-dieu to be placed for him in the church of Santa Catarina, having probably been reminded that the bishop had a brother who was a member of the royal council. Moya accused the viceroy and audiencia of a marked hostility toward him, and of having repeatedly attempted to weaken his authority and prestige. Moya y Contreras, Carta, in Cartas de Indias, 176-88.
- ↑ The bishop of Chiapas was not present, having been forced to return home, owing to an accident on the journey. The bishop of Vera Paz had made his preparations to depart for Spain and could not delay his voyage. Ponce, Rel., in Col. Doc. Inéd., lvii. 46-7; Torquemada, i. 649; Concilios Prov., MS., No. 3, 50, 57; Pap. Var., xv. pts. 2, 19-20, 22.
