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Surname: Villarroya Given Name: Francisco Xavier Sex: M
Place of Birth: Villarroya de los Pimares, Spain Date of Birth: 11/20/1734 Order: Jesuit
Place of Death: Ixtlán, Nayarit, Nueva España Date of Death: 09/01/1768 Cause of Death: Severity of Jesuit expulsion traveling through Nayarit
Race or Tribe: Español Residence: Átil; Banámichi; Bacerac Title: Misionero (IHS); Shipped out of the Port of Guaymas on the Príncipe during the Jesuit Expulsion
Place of Service: Átil; Tubutama; Banámichi; Bacerac; Ures Burial Place: Translation:
Notes: He came to Sonora in 1763. He was assigned to Átil and served both there and at Tubutama until August of that year, when he went to replace the recently deceased Padre José Toral at Banámichi. He was sent to Bacerac in May 1764 and returned to Banámichi in October 1765. He also served at Ures off and on between 1763 and 1767.

 
Event Relationship [2 Records]

Event ID: 8322 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/18/1768    
 
Event ID: 9546 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 06/21/1763    
 
 
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