The priest heard the confession of the honorable Diego Pérez de la Torre and administered the last rites of the Catholic Church.
The dying Diego Pérez de la Torre began the appointment of Oñate in this manner: "In the name of Almighty God and of Mary, the Most Serene Queen of Angels and with her divine favor, and in the name of the Emperor Charles V, King of Castile.
I the licenciado Diego Pérez de la Torre, who is present governor of the kingdom of Nueva Galicia, by authority that I have, and in conformity with the Justice and military officials and other captains of this kingdom and Village of Guadalajara, I appoint as Governor after my death and days, Captain Cristóbal de Oñate, a person who has three times served said government, with righteousness of service... and I give him power which I have from His Majesty for the exercise of that government."
And to the assembled military and colonial officials and other noble people gathered at the home of Diego Pérez de la Torre he told them to respect Captain Oñate as a person who had always faithfully served God and king and then he apologized to anyone if he ever did anything to offend them; and having disposed of all the things of his soul, he died in the year 1538.
An attempt was made to continue Pérez de la Torre's policy toward the natives, and for a few years the general outbreak was deferred.