El papel de fray Diego Collado al servicio de Propaganda Fide en las Indias orientales

Abstract

In 1622 the cardinal’s Congregation of Propaganda Fide was created to centralize the organization of missions worldwide. The missionaries of religious orders were the true architects of this Catholic expansion during the Baroque. In this regard, stood out the figure of Fray Diego Collado, provincial vicar of the Dominicans in the East, who became an indispensable agent of the Roman Congregation. Well versed in the eastern territories, but also in the interests of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide, Fr. Collado was asked to intercede with the ministers of Philip IV on behalf of the interests of Propaganda Fide and transmit them all the requirements of the Congregation. Analyzing the activity of this Dominican in Madrid means, therefore, understanding the strategies of Propaganda Fide to control the domain of evangelization in the Asian territories, especially in Japan, trying to avoid the rigid limits imposed by the Regio Padroado.