Early Life
Castro was born on January 21, 1751, in Santafé de Bogotá, the capital of the Viceroyalty of the New Granada. His father, also named Manuel Benito de Castro, was a rich man who had inherited his fortune when the Viceroy José Solís Folch de Cardona, became a monk, his mother was Teresa Díaz de Arcaya, also a rich woman, daughter of the Captain of the Cavalry of the Viceroyalty Guard.
Castro was a Jesuit novice when he was young, for this he was known a "Father Manuel".
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