Tomás Manso

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Most Reverend

Tomás Manso
Bishop of Nicaragua
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Nicaragua
In office1658–1659
PredecessorAlonso de Briceño
SuccessorJuan de la Torre y Castro
Personal details
Born
Luarca, Spain
Died1659
Granada, Nicaragua
Previous post(s)New Mexico

Tomás Manso (c. 1604-1659) was a Roman Catholic priest who worked in New Mexico as a missionary from 1629 until 1656 and served as Bishop of Nicaragua in 1658 and 1659.[1][2] Tomás Manso was the older half-brother of Juan Manso de Contreras who was the governor of New Mexico from 1656 to 1659.[3]

Biography[edit]

Tomás Manso was born in Santa Eulalia de Luarca, Spain about 1604. His father was Sebastián Manso and his mother was Maria Méndez.[4] He may have been of noble ancestry. Manso professed as a member of the Order of Friars Minor of the Franciscans on 12 July 1624.[5]

In 1629, Manso arrived in New Mexico as a Franciscan missionary to the American Indians, especially to the town-dwelling Puebloan people inhabiting the Rio Grande valley.[6][7] In 1631, Manso became the "procurador general" in charge of the supply service to the Franciscan missions in New Mexico. Manso organized and led the mule-drawn caravans which left Mexico City every three years and followed the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Royal Road of the Interior) for 1,600 mi (2,600 km) to the Spanish colony of New Mexico. The caravans were the lifeline of the isolated New Mexican settlement. Manso served as procurador general for 25 years, making nine round trips between Mexico City and New Mexico.[8] During his time with the supply service, Manso was in business in Mexico, whether for his benefit or that of the Franciscans is uncertain. He sold clothing manufactured in New Mexico and livestock which accompanied the caravans. In 1641, Manso journeyed back to Spain to settle the affairs of a closed Franciscan mission in Puebla, Mexico, returning to Mexico by 1644.[9]

On 14 December 1656, Manso was selected by the king of Spain as Bishop of Nicaragua and confirmed on 29 April 1658 by Pope Alexander VII.[1][5] In 1659, six months after his arrival in Nicaragua, he died in the city of Granada.[10] [1][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 258. (in Latin)
  2. ^ Blanco Segura, Ricardo (1984). Obispos, arzobispos y representantes de la Santa Sede en Costa Rica. EUNED. ISBN 9789977640792.
  3. ^ Garcia, Jose (Spring 2009). "Colonial Governors 1656-1661". La Herencia. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  4. ^ Hendricks, Rick; Mandell, Gerald J. (2000). "Juan Manso, Frontier Entrepreneur". New Mexico Historical Review. 75 (3): 339–40. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b c Cheney, David M. "Bishop Tomás Manso, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  6. ^ Hendricks & Mandell 2000, p. 340.
  7. ^ Craddock, Jerry R. "The Franciscan Fray Tomas Manso Claims for his Order Eccesiastical Jurisdiction..." (PDF). Escolarship. Cibola Project, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 2 December 2023. Edited by Jerry R. Craddock
  8. ^ Scholes, France V. (1930b). "The Supply Service of the New Mexican Misions in the Seventeenth Century, Part II 1631-1664". New Mexico Historic Review. 5 (2): 186–190. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  9. ^ Hendricks & Mandell 2000, p. 341.
  10. ^ Hendricks & Mandell 2000, p. 342.

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