Diego Aduarte

Diego Aduarte OP (1570–1636; born in Zaragoza) was a Spanish Dominican friar and historian. He was a missionary to the Philippine Islands and in 1632 was made Prior of Manila, where he died in 1637.

Aduarte works include an account of the difficulties and problems faced by Spanish missionaries introducing Christianity into Cambodia.

  • Works by Diego Aduarte at Project Gutenberg
  • Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diego Francisco Aduarte" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Religious titles
Preceded by
Hernando Guerrero		 Bishop of Nueva Segovia
1634–1636		 Succeeded by
Fernando Montero Espinosa



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