ABSTRACT
Bishop Palos, afraid of further violence and the possibility that the comuneros might turn their anger against the Jesuits in the capital, pleaded with Martin de Barua to give in to the rebels' demand that he return to the governorship. The comuneros responded that they had had enough of the Jesuits and that on the following day they would send a deputation into Asunción to request the cabildo order the expulsion of the Fathers as it had done in 1724. The infuriated prelate refused to even consider the demand and warned the comuneros that if they took any action against the Jesuits he would place the province in interdict and excommunicate all the rebels. Despite the efforts of Bishop Palos and Governor Barua to persuade the Paraguayans to receive Ignacio de Soroeta, Fernando de Mompo y Zayas and his followers continued their preparations to resist the change in government.
