 Among those which did may be mentioned the fact that the guardian of the convent was "ex officio" President of the "Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco", a post which entailed general oversight of the conduct of the institution under its rector.The College had, however, so far declined from the ambitious plans which attended its ceremonial opening in 1536 that, by the end of the 16th century, it had become an elementary school where local Indian children learnt reading, writing, manners and good behaviour.In 1604 he visited Zacatecas to assist in the establishment of a Franciscan province to be headquartered there, and in 1606 he spent time in Michoacán and Jalisco for the same purpose - the establishment of a new province in Jalisco (headquartered in Guadalajara), carved out of the province of "San Pedro y San Pablo" covering Michoacán-Jalisco.