Ignacio Maria Napoli
Ignacio Maria Napoli (died ca. 1744; also known as "Padre Procurador") was an Italian Jesuit missionary to the Baja California peninsula. In 1723,[1] he founded the , which was located southwest of Bahía las Palmas. Napoli arrived in the Cora area of Aiñiní (now known as Santiago, Baja California Sur) around 1721. Replaced by Lorenzo Carranco,[2] he was transferred to Sinaloa or Sonora by 1726. In 1736, he was directing the Yaqui missions at , , and .[3]
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- ^ Bachman, Edwin D.; Levy,, Jr., Walter H.; Rothchild, Herbert L. (1907). Charles Sedgwick Aiken (ed.). The Sunset. 18 (Public domain ed.). San Francisco, California: Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Company. pp. 149–.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Dunne, Peter Masten (1952). Black robes in lower California. The story of the Jesuit missions of lower California. With plates, including portraits, a map and a bibliography. University of California Press. pp. 197–. GGKEY:FK94TH92Q55.
- ^ Crosby, Harry (1994). Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768. UNM Press. pp. 107, 153–. ISBN 978-0-8263-1495-6.
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- 1744 deaths
- 18th-century Italian Jesuits
- Jesuit missionaries in Baja California
- People from Baja California Sur
- Italian Roman Catholic missionaries
- Italian expatriates in the Spanish Empire
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