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| Surname: Hlava |
Given Name: Francisco |
Sex: M |
| Place of Birth: Prague, Bohemia |
Date of Birth: 01/01/1725 |
Order: Jesuit |
| Place of Death: Ixtlán, Nayarit, Nueva España |
Date of Death: 09/07/1768 |
Cause of Death: Rigors of the expulsion |
| Race or Tribe: Bohemio |
Residence: Suamca |
Title: Misionero (IHS); Shipped out of the Port of Guaymas on the Príncipe during the Jesuit Expulsion; Casualty of the Tepic to Guadalajara Death March |
| Place of Service: Suamca |
Burial Place: Ixtlán, Nayarit, México |
Translation: ? |
| 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 was the third to die. 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. |
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