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Diego Ronquillo

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Diego Ronquillo
5th Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines
In office
March 10, 1583 – May 16, 1584
MonarchPhilip II of Spain
Governor(Viceroy of New Spain)
Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza, 5th Count of Coruña
Luis de Villanueva y Zapata
Preceded byGonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa
Succeeded bySantiago de Vera
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Diego Ronquillo was the fifth Spanish governor of the Philippines, from March 10, 1583, until May 1584. He was the brother (or nephew) of his predecessor, Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa, and served as interim governor for little more than a year. Manila suffered heavy damage from a fire that occurred on March 19, 1583.

Political offices
Preceded byGonzalo Ronquillo de Peñaloza Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines
1583–1584
Succeeded bySantiago de Vera
Spanish governors-general of the Philippines
1565–1898
Under the
Viceroyalty of New Spain
(1565–1821)
Flag of New Spain (Used until 1821

Under Spain
(1821–1898)
Italics indicates a member of the clergy of the Catholic Church.
Smallcaps indicates an oidor of the Real Audiencia of Manila.


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