Lorenzo Carranco Explained

Lorenzo José Carranco (1695, in Cholula, New Spain – October 2, 1734 in Misión de Santiago de los Coras Aiñiní, New Spain) was a Jesuit missionary.

Biography

Born in Cholulua in 1695, Carranco studied at Puebla and made his novitiate in Tepotzotlán.[1] In 1725, he trained at Nuestra Senora del Pilar de la Paz Airapi in La Paz to take over at Misión de Santiago de los Coras Aiñiní. Briefly, he served as a missionary at Todos los Santos, Baja California Sur.[2] In 1727, Carranco succeeded Father Ignacio Maria Napoli at Misión de Santiago.[3] He was killed in the Rebelión de los pericúes at the Misión de Santiago by the Pericúes in a manner similar to Nicolás Tamaral.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History of the north Mexican states and Texas. 1886-89. Public domain. 1886. History Company. 458–.
  2. Book: Crosby, Harry. Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768. 1994. UNM Press. 978-0-8263-1495-6. 398, 405–.
  3. Book: Baegert, Johann Jakob. Observations in Lower California. Chapter Eight— Of the Death of the Two Jesuit Fathers, Támaral and Carranco. http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft5r29n9xv;chunk.id=nsd0e3956;doc.view=print. Berkeley. University of California Press. 1979. Johann Jakob Baegert.
  4. Web site: "Mapa de la California, su golfo, y provincias fronteras en el continente de Nueva España" - A New Spain - UT Libraries Exhibits . 2024-04-28 . exhibits.lib.utexas.edu.