Casimiro Herrero, procurador agustino y obispo de Nueva Cáceres

Abstract

Fray Casimiro Herrero (1824-1886) was a prominent Augustinian of the second half of the 19th century in the Philippines. He was parish priest of various towns in the Philippines and assumed positions of responsibility as provincial secretary, procurator and definitor. During his tenure as procurator commissar in Madrid (1869-1873) he faced the progressive and liberal sectors of the Philippines and Spain during the times of change in the Sexenio democrático and coinciding with the Cavite mutiny (1872). His writings were highly controversial and received a harsh response from his detractors. In his later years he was also bishop of Nueva Cáceres (1881-1886). This article offers the main keys to understanding the Augustinian friar in his historical context.