on 7 october 1779 francos y monroy made his public entrance in the new guatemala city escorted by eight knights; the city was barely beginning to be built and a month earlier, cortés y larraz issued a public letter denouncing the arrival of an illegitimate bishop and threatening him with excommunication. francos y monroy, however, took immediate measures, such as naming a new priests for the native town of jocotenango and travelling to the destroyed santiago de los caballeros de guatemala to gather the santa rosa nuns and bring them to the new city. he had set his mind on the move of the saint sculptures for november 1779 and spent a lot of money to finish construction of the carmel and capuchins convents.