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Although the Jesuits tried to establish missions from present-day Florida in 1566 up to present-day Virginia in 1571, the Jesuit missions wouldn't gain a strong foothold in North America until 1632, with the arrival of the Jesuit Paul Le Jeune. Between 1632 and 1650, 46 French Jesuits arrived in North America to preach among the Indians.
Eusebio Kino – pioneer Jesuit missionary and explorer to what is now Baja California, Northwest Mexico, and the southwest US; Ferdinand Konščak – Croatian Jesuit missionary to Mexico; Fermín Lasuén – founder of numerous missions in Baja California; Segundo Llorente – Spanish missionary to Alaska; Jacques Marquette – missionary and ...
This is a list of lists of Spanish missions in the Americas. The Spanish colonial government coordinated with the Roman Catholic Church to establish churches throughout their New World possessions. Jesuit missions in North America
The Jesuit mission in the United States dated back to 1634. However, it was not until 1833 that the first province in the United States was established: the Maryland Province. William McSherry was elected as the first provincial superior, whose territory included the entire United States except for the territory of the Missouri mission. [19]
www.ca-missions.org — The official website of the California Mission Studies Association, a good source of accurate, peer-reviewed information on Mission Era history with an extensive links page. California Missions article at The Catholic Encyclopedia; Missions of Baja California and Baja California Sur; Google earth map of the Baja missions
Fernando de Alencastre Juan María de Salvatierra Missionary Father Eusebio Kino. Coat of arms of the Marquis of Villapuente de la Peña. The Pious Fund of the Californias (Spanish: Fondo Piadoso de las Californias) is an endowment, originating in 1696, to sponsor the Roman Catholic Jesuit Spanish missions in Baja California, Dominican missions in upper Baja California, and Franciscan Spanish ...
Women who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist said Tuesday they had been revictimized by his superiors, saying Pope Francis’ recent gestures and an apparent effort to ...
In the Spring of 1687, Jesuit missionary named Father Eusebio Francisco Kino lived and worked with the Native Americans (including the Sobaipuri) in the area called the "Pimería Alta," or "Upper Pima Country," which presently is located in northern Sonora and southern Arizona. During Father Eusebio Kino's stay in the Pimería Alta, he founded ...