• Source: College of San Fernando de Mexico

      • The College of San Fernando de México was a Roman Catholic Franciscan missionary college, or seminary (Colegio Apostólico), founded in Spanish colonial Mexico City by the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor on October 15, 1734.
      The institution was established to provide specific training for priests who were to work among the indigenous populations within the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain, located in present-day Mexico and the southwestern United States.


      Notable alumni


      Gregório Amúrrio
      Narciso Durán
      Vicente Fustér
      Luís Jayme
      José Joaquin Jimeno
      Pablo de Mugártegui
      Vicente Pascual Oliva
      Francisco Palóu
      Mariano Payéras
      Andrés Quintana
      José Bernardo Sánchez
      Vicente de Santa María
      José Francisco de Paula Señan
      Junípero Serra
      Buenaventura Sitjar


      See also


      College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas
      College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro
      Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda
      Spanish missions in Baja California
      Spanish missions in California


      External links


      JSTOR: The Americas, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul., 1948); pp. 48-60; "The Franciscan "Mission" to San Fernando College, Mexico, 1749"


      References

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