[XXI‑37] By Remesal he is sometimes called Domingo de Ara. Dávila says he constructed a vocabulary of the language of Chiapas.
[XXI‑38] 1590, says Fernandez, Hist. Ecles., 114, but the above date is confirmed by Dávila, Teatro Ecles., 197; Concilios Prov., i. 325, and Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 653.
[XXI‑39] According to Calle, Mem. y Not., 125, the bishopric was established in 1556. Gonzalez Dávila, Teatro Ecles., i. 171-2, says Angulo was appointed April 21, 1560, and died at Zalamá, Vera Paz, while on his way to Guatemala to be consecrated. Remesal says that he received his appointment in Guatemala at the beginning of 1560; accepted it April 21st; went thence to Mexico; the following year was ordered to his diocese to await the arrival of the bulls for his consecration; and that in March or April 1562 died at Zalamá, Vera Paz, while on the way to Guatemala. By royal decree of September 1560, the audiencia was ordered to pay him the usual 500,000 maravedís, until he had sufficient tithes for his support. I deem this author more reliable than the others as he wrote earlier, was a Dominican, and had greater facilities for obtaining information.
[XXI‑40] Cabildo, Carta, Jan. 26, 1564, in Arévalo, Col. Doc. Antig., 38-9.
[XXI‑41] Fernandez, Hist. Ecles., 116, says Father Pedro de la Peña followed Angulo, then Cárdenas, and that Father Antonio de Ervias, Dominican, was bishop in 1570. Calle, Mem. y Not., 125, places Peña second, and says that he was removed to Peru in 1580; that Ervias ruled from 1583-90, and that Cárdenas was appointed in 1595. Remesal, Hist. Chyapa., 702-4, names Hervias as the successor of Cárdenas, in 1583 or 1584, Castro next, and finally Rosillo. This was the last bishop named, according to Remesal, who adds that while in Guatemala, in 1614, he was told by Bishop Cabezas, that the incorporation of the bishopric of Vera Paz with that of Guatemala was then being discussed. The order of succession as given by Remesal as far as Ervias, is confirmed by Mendieta, Hist. Ecles., 548, a most reliable author, and a resident of New Spain, where he wrote between the years 1575-96.
[XXI‑42] April 18, according to Juarros, Guat., i. 276, and after a long illness according to Vazquez, Chron. Gvat., 149-50. See also Quesada, Carta, Mayo 25, 1555, in Squier's MSS., xxii. 5.
[XXI‑43] Vazquez, Chron. Gvat., 149-50; Gonzales Dávila, Teatro Ecles., i. 150; Concilios Prov., 1555, 1565, 285.
[XXI‑44] Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 654; Juarros, Guat., i. 276; Vazquez, Chron. Gvat., 190.
[XXI‑45] Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 587-600; Vazquez, Chron. Gvat., 133-7; Quesada, Carta, Mayo 25, 1555, in Squier's MSS., xxii. 3-4.
[XXI‑46] Remesal, Hist. Chyapa, 532-7, 560-3; Fernandez, Hist. Ecles., 142; Dávila Padilla, Hist. Fvnd. Mex., 110-11.