Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta
| Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Cebu | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| See | Cebu |
| Appointed | July 18, 1757 |
| Term ended | 1771 |
| Predecessor | Protacio Cabezas |
| Successor | Mateo Joaquin Rubio de Arevalo |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1758 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1701 Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | 1771 (aged 69–70) Cebu, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta | |
|---|---|
| 45th Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines | |
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In office June 1759 – July 1761 |
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| Monarch |
Ferdinand VI of Spain Charles III of Spain |
| Preceded by | Pedro Manuel de Arandía Santisteban |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Rojo del Rio y Vieyra |
Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta (sometimes spelled as de Espeleta) (Manila, June 1701 – Cebu, July 1771) was a Spanish Criollo born in Manila who served as the Bishop of Cebu from 1757 until his death in 1771. Consequently, he assumed the position as the governor-general from 1759 to 1761 during Spanish intervention to the Seven Years' War and prelude to the occupations of Manila and Cavite.
Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta was born in Manila in 1701. Though he was born to Spanish parents, he was often considered a Filipino rather than a Criollo. During Spanish colonial days, a criollo is a natural Spanish that was born in the colonies.
On July 18, 1757 he was appointed as the bishop of the Diocese of Cebu (now an archdiocese) and about a year later, he was ordained by the Archbishop of Nueva Cáceres Manuel de Matos to bishopric.
Upon the death of Governor-General Pedro Manuel de Arandía Santisteban in 1759, the See of Manila and the See of Nueva Segovia are vacant, with de Ezpeleta as the Bishop of Cebu as the senior prelate of the islands. He assumed the post against the will of the Real Audiencia of Manila.
On July 22, 1759, the new Archbishop of Manila Manuel Rojo del Rio y Vieyra arrived in the country which made the occupation of de Ezpeleta to gubernatorial seat void. De Ezpeleta refused to step down of office after Rojo's orders. De Ezpeleta sought the support from the oidores of the Audiencia: two of the four oidores went to the side of de Ezpeleta while the other to Rojo. De Ezpeleta also raised the precedent of Juan Arrechedera, who previously had the same instance as him. They brought the question to the Council of the Indies through its prosecutor Francisco Léandro de Viana.
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