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San Fernando Church, Mexico CIty
In 1768, Franciscans replaced the Jesuits in the Baja California missions under the leadership of Junipero Serra, who later went on to open the
California mission frontier. The Franciscans remained in Baja California for five years (1768-1773), and then transferred the missions to the
Dominicans.
At the time, there were three apostolic colleges in Mexico that trained missionary personnel and administered the different missions. They were Santa
Cruz de Queretaro, Guadalupe de Zacatecas, and San Fernando de Mexico, located in Mexico City. The church in the attached photograph is San Fernando
in Mexico City, and is what remains of the apostolic college that administered the Baja California missions for five years and the California
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Fantastic!
Great to see you back on Nomad, Robert!
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Welcome back, Robert! I was afraid you'd either got lost on the Beltway or been kidnapped by neocons.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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Franciscan colleges?
Robert - were the colleges run by Franciscans? Did the Dominicans also have colleges in Mexico? Lastly - the Jesuits, from what I understand also had
colleges in Mexico at an earlier time. What became of those facilities upon the Jesuit expulsion in 1767/68?
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Just been busy at work, and traveling. To answer the question, the Franciscans had apostolic colleges at Queretaro, Zacatecas, and of course San
Fernando in Mexico City. The Dominicans did not, although there were many Dominican churches in central Mexico. I visited one recently at Acapotzalco,
in Mexico City. There is a large Jesuit complex just northwest of Mexico City at a place called Tepotzotlan, which is now the Museo del Virreinato.
Very impressive church and complex. I will post some pics of both later.
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Jesuit Church at Tepotzotlan
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Interesting wall mural at Tepotzotlan
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Santos Apostoles Santiago y Felipe-Dominican Church at Acapotzalco
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Amazing! Thanks for sharing. How'd they do that? Looks like some very HARD labor and lot's of artistic ability. Who provided the
labor?
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Jeez! academicanarchist(that's a long bunch of letters). Don't even want to think of what was motivating 'em to provide the muscle and sweat to build
those structures. A gun to the head? Holding their family hostage?
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Tepotzotlan
Robert, thanks for this new chapter in my studies of Mission era activity. I located this book (link below) and wonder if you have a clue if this is
specific to the church/college/museum you've provided the photograph of.
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetails?bi=452625946
Thank you. John Marnell
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Tepotzotlan
That's the place.
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16th century churches
17th and 18th century churches are interesting, but I am really fascinated by the mid and late 16th century complexes, such as Huejotzingo, located in
Puebla.
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Tepeaca, Puebla
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Tepeji, Hidalgo
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San Gabriel, Cholula, Puebla
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Acolman, Estado de Mexico
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Huejotzingo Mural
This mural at Huejotzingo depicts the first group of Franciscans to arrive in Mexico in 1524.
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Meztitlan, Hidalgo
Here I am in a recent photo in front of the 16th century Augustinian convent of Los Santos Reyes de Meztitlan, in the Vega de Meztitlan, Hidalgo.
About 2 1/2 hours from Mexico City.
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