Named canon penitentiary in 1788, his precarious health required him to spend many years residing in the town of Lanjaron in the Province of Granada so that he could benefit from the local spring water.
He went to Seville to present the accounts of the patronages of pious works to the Audiencia Provincial and led the protests of the prebendaries during the Spanish confiscation in 1798.
He then organised a series of pastoral visits for the dioceses, the reports of which are first hand sources, giving us an insight into spiritual life at the end of the 18th century.
It would also be interesting to establish the possible (or certain) connections between Huarte and the members of the Sevillian Literary School, such as Arjona, Manuel María del Mármol, Reinoso, Blanco White or Lista, but there is no documentation to prove it.
One can also readily appreciate Huarte's various philanthropic concerns such as those in Sueño de Delio y Albana [Delio's Dream for Albana], where the anti-slavery sentiments that began to penetrate Spain towards the end of the 18th century are echoed, condemning the atrocities practiced by various European nations towards the African people; and Fábula dicha por una niña del Hospicio [Fable told by a Girl from the Orphanage] in which he urges the orphanage's board of directors to continue with their care efforts.
The bishop's fury over not achieving a longed-for canonry leads him to show off his alleged merits by charming the vicar's nieces, offering them promises of marriage that he never intended to keep, performing jobs without being fully prepared, faithfully serving the prelate whilst neglecting his intellectual training, as well as nepotism, ignorance and servility.
Nevertheless, Huarte reserved his sharpest satirical remarks for ideas on probabilism, which led him to completely reject the Company and everything it entails, attributing to it a good part of the evils that afflicted the church.