Race or Tribe:  Bohemio (Bohemian)

Notes: Padre Hlava was born in Prague, Bohemia, on January 1, 1725. He entered the Jesuit Order on October 20, 1740 and arrived
in Vera Cruz in March of 1756. He came north to serve at Suamca, Cocóspera, and San Ignacio. He was not in the Pimería Alta
long, however, and was at Mocorito, Sinaloa at the time of the expulsion. Of the seven priests whose names appear in the Guevavi
and Suamca mission records, who died on the forced march through the coastal jungles between Tepic, Nayarit, and Guadalajara,
Jalisco during the Expulsion (Nicolás Perera, Alexandro Rapicani, Francisco Hlava, Juan Nentvig, Pedro Díaz, Manuel Aguirre, and
Bartolomé Saenz), Padre Hlava, the third to die, passed away on Septermber 7, 1768. He was the second youngest of the seven priests at forty-three years, eight months, and seven days of age when he died at Ixtlán, Nayarit, Mexico.