Manuel Antonio Rojo del Río y Vieyra (September 24, 1708 – January 30, 1764) was a Mexican (originally
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Criollo
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) friar who served as the 16th
Archbishop of Manila
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and was
Governor-General of the Philippines
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at the commencement of the 1762–1764
British occupation of the Philippines
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.
Early life
Rojo del Río was born in
Tula,
Mexico
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on September 24, 1708. On 1758, he was consecrated archbishop of the
Archdiocese of Manila
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History
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On May 31, 1759, the death of Governor-General Pedro Manuél de Arandía left the position vacant. Bishop
Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta
Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta (sometimes spelled as ''de Espeleta''; June 1701 in Manila – July 1771 in Cebu) was a Spanish ''criollo'' born in Manila who served as the Bishop of Cebu from 1757 until his death in 1771. Consequently, he assumed the p ...
of the
Archdiocese of Cebu
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succeeded him as well as becoming acting Archbishop of Manila. On 22 July 1759, Rojo del Río was enthroned as Archbishop of Manila. In 1761, a royal decree from Spain ruled that Rojo del Río replace Ezpeleta to become Governor-General.
Del Río died in office on 20 January 1764.
Governorship
"Albeit he had the gift of knowledge, he had no judgment, especially in matter military, to which he was hostile and negative, since this was an area outside his profession and character." This was to prove fatal during the
capture of Manila.
See also
*
British occupation of Manila
The British occupation of Manila was an episode in the History of the Philippines (1565–1898), colonial history of the Philippines when the Kingdom of Great Britain occupied the Spanish colonial capital of Manila and the nearby Cavite City, ...
References
External links
Rojo del Rio at www.catholic-hierarchy.org
1708 births
1764 deaths
18th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Philippines
Roman Catholic archbishops of Manila
British invasion of Manila
Captains general of the Philippines
People of the Seven Years' War
People from Tula de Allende
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila
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