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"One of the reasons which made me accept this bishopric was the fact that these Islands are near China... For a long time I have had the conversion of that kingdom at heart, and with that thought I came to these Islands."

Domingo de Salazar
Domingo de Salazar
Domingo de Salazar was a Catholic Dominican prelate who served as the first Bishop of Manila (1579–1594), which was then newly-annexed to the Spanish Empire.