Diego Aduarte

Diego Aduarte OP (1570–1636; born in Zaragoza) was a Spanish Dominican friar and historian. He was a missionary to the Philippine Islands and arrived there in 1595 with Blancas de San Jose. In 1632 was made Prior of Manila. He died in 1636. Aduarte's works include an account of the difficulties and problems faced by Spanish missionaries introducing Christianity into Cambodia. He also made a biography of the missionary Juan Cobo.