 After becoming the prior provincial of the Recollects himself in 1843, he was nominated to be Archbishop of Manila on November 13, 1845.He was preconized by Pope Pius IX on 9 January 1846 and his principal consecrator was the Bishop of Cebu, Romualdo Jimeno Ballesteros of the Dominican Order.Archbishop José Julián de Aranguren started his office in 1847 after being ordained bishop on January 31, 1847.