"Vasco de Quiroga had displayed so much wisdom and disinterestedness in the affairs of Michoacan, that although not a churchman, the bishopric was offered to him as being the person most suitable for the position."
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Vasco de Quiroga
Vasco de Quiroga (– 14 March 1565) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Michoacán and as a judge of the Real Audiencia of Mexico.
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