[2] At some point, "willing to lead a stricter life",[3] he founded a religious community at Párraces, probably composed of fellow Augustinians.
Navarro was referred to as novo ordinato (newly ordained) in a royal document issued 30 August.
Pope Eugenius III wrote a letter to Alfonso VII explaining the arrangement: "We wish it be made known that we have led the bishop of Coria to stay with us, because at that time the church to which he is commissioned had been pressed into grave poverty, as we believe, and he cannot there exercise his office usefully, because then we trust that your munificence to him should honourably provide the necessities.
"[4] In 1151 Navarro was transferred to the greater and richer diocese of Salamanca, closer to the centre of the kingdom, perhaps an indication of royal favour, to replace the deceased bishop Berengar.
[6] The charter records that the bishop and his archdeacon, Ciprián, had given help (adiutorium) to the founder and namesake of the settlement, Nuño Pérez de Lara, and had outfitted the new churches with liturgical books and vestments.