Manuel Rojo del Río y Vieyra

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rojo del Río and the second or maternal family name is Vieyra.

The Most Excellent and Most Reverend Lord Manuel Rojo del Río y Vieyra
The Archbishop of Manila
See	Manila
Installed	July 22, 1759
Term ended	January 30, 1764
Predecessor	Pedro José Manuel Martínez, O.F.M.
Successor	Sancho de Santa Justa
Orders
Consecration	January 29, 1748 by Manuel José Rubio y Salinas
Personal details
Born	Manuel Antonio Rojo del Río y Vieyra September 24, 1708 Tula de Allende, Viceroyalty of New Spain (now Hidalgo, Mexico)
Died	January 30, 1764(1764-01-30) (aged 55) Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Nationality	Spanish (later Mexican)
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Archbishop Manuel Antonio Rojo del Río y Vieyra
Governor-General of the Philippines
In office July 1761 – January 30, 1764
Monarch	Charles III of Spain
Preceded by	Bishop Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta
Succeeded by	Dawsonne Drake (in Manila) November 2, 1762 Simón de Anda y Salazar January 31, 1764
Military service
Battles/wars	Seven Years' War

Styles of Arzobispo Manuel Rojo del Río y Vieyra
Reference style	Monseñor
Spoken style	Su Excelencia Reverendísima
Religious style	Reverendísimo

Ordination history of Manuel Rojo del Río y Vieyra
History Episcopal consecration Consecrated by Archbishop Manuel José Rubio y Salinas Date January 29, 1748

Manuel Antonio Rojo del Río y Vieyra (September 24, 1708 – January 30, 1764)^[1] was a Mexican (originally Spanish Criollo) friar who served as the 16th Archbishop of Manila and was Governor-General of the Philippines at the commencement of the 1762–1764 British occupation of the Philippines.

Early life

Rojo del Río was born in Tula, Mexico on September 24, 1708. On 1758, he was consecrated archbishop of the Archdiocese of Manila.^[2]

On May 31, 1759, the death of Governor-General Pedro Manuél de Arandía left the position vacant. Bishop Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta of the Archdiocese of Cebu succeeded him as well as becoming acting Archbishop of Manila.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Further information: British occupation of Manila

See also

• British occupation of Manila

References

1. "Archbishop Manuel Antonio Rojo del Rio Lafuente y Veiyra [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
2. "Archbishop Manuel Antonio Rojo del Rio Vera †". Retrieved 2009-10-19.
3. de Zuñiga, Joquin Martinez (1803). Historia de las Islas Filipinas (in Spanish). Sampaloc, Manila. pp. 597–600.
4. "Manila Metropolitan Cathedral". Retrieved 2009-10-19.
5. Tracy, Nicholas (1995). Manila Ransomed. University of Exeter Press. p. 33.

External links

• Rojo del Rio at www.catholic-hierarchy.org

Political offices
Preceded by Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta	Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines 1761–1764	Succeeded by Dawsonne Drake as British Governor of Manila 1762–1764
		Succeeded by Simón de Anda y Salazar as Governor-General of the Philippines 1764
Religious titles
Preceded by Pedro José Manuel Martínez, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Manila 22 July 1759 – 30 January 1764	Succeeded by Basilio Hernando de Santa Justa, Sch. P.