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OCAMPO Gonzalo de
(o-cam'-po), Peruvian archbishop, born in Madrid, Spain, about 1572: died in
Recuay, Peru, 19 December, 1626. He was graduated in theology and law in the
University of Salamanca, went to Rome, and during seven years served as a
private chamberlain of Pope Clement VIII.
Returning to Spain, he was canon of Seville, and founded
there the College of Concepción, on which he expended 100,000 ducats, he
obtained the bishopric of Guadix, of which he never took possession, and soon
afterward was promoted archbishop of Lima, 13 July, 1623, entering that city on
20 April, 1625.
He introduced many reforms among the clergy, took measures
for the welfare of the convents, and on 19 October, 1625, inaugurated the new
cathedral of Lima (see illustration), whither he transported, by order of the
king, the remains of Pizarro. Mendoza, and other viceroys.
On 20 February, 1626, he wrote a circular recommending the
teaching of the Indians, and circulating in the interior about 6,000 copies of
the same in the Spanish and Quichua languages. On 27 May, 1626, he began the
visitation of his archbishopric and converted several tribes. During the visit
he died in Recuay, probably poisoned by a cacique whom he had forced to separate
from a woman with whom he lived.
His remains were removed to Lima on 16 July, 1627. He
wrote, according to Gonzales Davila, " Del Gobierno espiritual y temporal del
Perú," of which the manuscript is in the archiepiscopal archives in Lima.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia by John
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OCAMPO Gonzalo de (o-cam'-po), Peruvian archbishop, born in Madrid, Spain, about 1572: died in Recuay, Peru, 19 December, 1626. He was graduated in theology and law in the University of Salamanca, went to Rome, and during seven years served as a private chamberlain of Pope Clement VIII. Returning to Spain, he was canon of Seville, and founded there the College of Concepcion, on which he expended 100,000 ducats, he obtained the bishopric of Guadix, of which he never took possession, and soon afterward was promoted archbishop of Lima, 13 July, 1623, entering that city on 20 April, 1625. He introduced many reforms among the clergy, took measures for the welfare of the convents, and on 19 October, 1625, inaugurated the new cathedral of Lima (see illustration), whither he transported, by order of the king, the remains of Pizarro. Mendoza, and other viceroys. On 20 February, 1626, he wrote a circular recommending the teaching of the Indians, and circulating in the interior about 6,000 copies of the same in the Spanish and Quichua languages. On 27 May, 1626, he began the visitation of his archbishopric and converted several tribes. During the visit he died in Recuay, probably poisoned by a cacique whom he had forced to separate from a woman with whom he lived. His remains were removed to Lima on 16 July, 1627. He wrote, according to Gonzales Davila, " Del Gobierno espiritualy temporal del Perd," of which the manuscript is in the archiepiscopal archives in Lima.
