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Domingo de Salazar (1512 – 4 December 1594) was a
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who served as the first Bishop of Manila (1579–94) ''(in Latin)''Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Domingo Salazar, O.P."
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"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manila"
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which was then newly-annexed to the
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Biography

He was born in
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. On 6 February 1579, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by
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as the first Bishop of Manila. He was installed in 1581. He strongly opposed enslaving the indigenous people of the Philippines. He served as Bishop of Manila until his death on 4 December 1594, aged 82.


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Domingo de Salazar profile
newadvent.org; accessed 12 October 2016. 1512 births 1594 deaths 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines Spanish expatriates in the Philippines Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XIII {{Philippines-RC-bishop-stub Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila