Diego Ronquillo

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Diego Ronquillo
5th Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines
In office
March 10, 1583 – May 16, 1584
Monarch Philip II of Spain
Preceded by Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa
Succeeded by Santiago de Vera

Diego Ronquillo was the fifth Spanish governor of the Philippines, from March 10, 1583 until May 1584. He was the nephew of his predecessor, Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa, and served as interim governor for little more than a year. Manila suffered heavy damage from a fire that occurred on March 19, 1583.

Political offices
Preceded by
Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñaloza		 Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines
1583–1584 		Succeeded by
Santiago de Vera
1565–1898
Under the
Viceroyalty of New Spain
(1565–1821)






Under Spain
(1821–1898)
Italics indicates a member of the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church.
Smallcaps indicates an oidor of the Real Audiencia of Manila.



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