User:Moriwen/Juan Crisóstomo Gil de Bernabé

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Juan Crisóstomo Gil de Bernabé was a Franciscan missionary to Mexico.

Biography[edit]

After the expulsion of the Jesuits, Franciscan missionaries were sent to take their places at missions in New Spain. In 1768, Gil de Bernabé was assigned to Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi.[1][2]

Gil de Bernabé habitually wore a cilice.[1][3]

Gil de Bernabé moved the district headquarters from Guevavi to Mission San José de Tumacácori.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Lamb, Susan (1993). Tumacácori National Historical Park. Western National Parks Association. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-877856-37-2.
  2. ^ McGee, W J (1898). The Seri Indians. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  3. ^ Sheridan, Thomas E. (1999). Empire of Sand: The Seri Indians and the Struggle for Spanish Sonora, 1645-1803. University of Arizona Press. pp. 405–406. ISBN 978-0-8165-1858-6.