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 | | In 1570, Legazpi “re-established” the Spanish settlement of San Miguel by bringing in 50 married couples newly arrived from Mexico and putting the settlement under the charge of Guido de Lavezaris. |
 | | Cebu remained the Spanish base of operations in the southern islands, a key political, administrative, and military center in the south for the Spanish colony in-the-making. |
 | | Established as the seat of a diocese by a papal bull in 1595, Cebu encompassed within its jurisdiction the Visayas, northern Mindanao, and the distant Marianas Islands. |
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