Los agustinos en la cordillera filipina: las misiones de Benguet

Abstract

In the last ten years of the nineteenth century the Order of St. Augustine established numerous missions in the politico military districts (comandancias político-militares) created by the State in the last years of Spanish rule in the Philippines. The essay offers in the first place a synthetic approach to the historical evolution of the Augustinian missions in the Cordillera until the last quarter of the 19th century. Next, it is analyzed the fundamental impulse that was printed on the missionary establishment during the time of Fr. Tomás Gresa (1889-1893). Finally, are offered the keys of the missionary settlement in the district of Benguet using an unpublished and very interesting correspondence.