Bishops came to Florida only two times during the Habsburg era, in 1606 and 1674. The first of these visits coincided with the appearance of an examiner from the Inquisition, Father Francisco de Carranco, to deal with a shipload of heretic corsairs. Once the auto-da-fe was over, Father Carranco left, and Florida received no further representative of that most independent branch of the church until late in the 17th century. [Note 8: Gov. Ybarra 5/10/1605, 1/4/1606, and 5/16/1607; Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano, Bishop of Cuba 9/4/1606] (Bushnell KC)