King Philip III appointed him to a canonry in the cathedral of La Plata in the province of Charcas, whither he sailed after his return to Mexico, and later he was appointed judge of the Inquisition in Lima, and finally bishop of Santa Cruz. He wrote "Informe contra Idolorum Cultores del Obispado de Yucatan" (Madrid, 1619 and 1689); "Cartilla de Catecismo de Doctrina Cristiana en Idioma Yucateco;" and "Memoria de los primeros Conquistadores de Yucatan." The two last were not published and have been lost.

SANCHEZ liE AGUILAR, Pedro (san'-cheth), Mexican bishop, born in Valladolid, Yucatan, 10 April, i555; died in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, about 1640. He was a descendant of the first conquerors of Yucatan. Sanchez was sent by his father to Mexico, where he studied in the College of San Ildefonso, was ordained and graduated as doctor in theology, and was rector of several parishes in Yucatan. He became vicar-general of the bishopric of Yucatan, and in 1617 was sent to Madrid and Rome as commissioner of his province. King Philip III. appointed him to a canonry in the cathedral of La Plata in the province of Charcas, whither he sailed after his return to Mexico, and later he was appointed judge of the Inquisition in Lima, and finally bishop of Santa Cruz. He wrote "In-forme contra Idolorum Cultores del Obispado de Yucatan" (Madrid, 1619 and 1689); "Cartilla 6 Catecismo de Doctrina Cristiana en Idioma Yuca-teco" ; and "Memoria de los primeros Conquistadores de Yucatan." The two last were not published and have been lost.