a privileged window to the provincial life in Cordilleras at the end of the 19th century. For the curious ones, only his trip to the land of Ilongots has been partially translated in the UST Journal of Graduate Research (Vol. 17 (2), March 1966) under the title “An exploratory trip to the Ilongots and the Negritos in 1891.”

He was appointed representative of the order in Manila in 1894, and after the revolution, instead of returning to Spain, he decided to stay in the Philippines until he passed away in 1916. Padre Campa has today a tiny street in Sampaloc, not far from the University of Santo Tomas Campus, named after him. This is just a reminder that for every Father Damaso, there were hundreds of Father Campas.