[1][2] Pedro de Arce was born in Catadiano Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.
[2] On June 13, 1604, Pope Paul V appointed him Bishop of Cebu.
[2] In the early 1600s, following the death of Miguel de Benavides, de Arce was embroiled in a seniority issue with Philip III regarding who was to govern the Archdiocese of Manila at that time.
This led to a Papal Bull issued by Paul V to settle the matter.
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