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'''Francisco Antonio Barbastro''' (1735–1800) was a [[Franciscan]] [[List of missionaries to New Spain|missionary]] in [[New Spain]].
== Biography ==
Barbastro was born in 1735 in [[Cariñena, Aragon]], and arrived in the [[College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro]] in 1770.<ref name="bringas">{{cite book |last1=Bringas y Encinas |first1=Diego Miguel |editor1-last=Fontana |editor1-first=Bernard L |editor2-last=Matson |editor2-first=Daniel Shaw |title=Friar Bringas reports to the King : methods of indoctrination on the frontier of New Spain, 1796-97 |date=1977 |publisher=Tucson : University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-0599-9 |page=70 |url=https://archive.org/details/friarbringasrepo0000brin/ |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> He was assigned to [[Mission San Miguel de Ures]] in 1773,<ref name="curiel" />{{rp|41}} and to [[Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama]] in 1776 and from 1778 to 1783.<ref name="bringas" />
In 1777, Barbastro became president of the [[Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert|missions]] of the [[Pimería Alta]], a position he held until 1795. In 1784, he was assigned to [[Mission Nuestra Señora de los Remedios de Banámichi]] in 1784, and succeeded Sebastián Flores as ''[[custos]]'' of [[San Carlos de Sonora]]; his efforts were instrumental to its 1791 abolition.<ref name="bringas" /> By 1787, Barbastro was in [[Mission San Pedro Aconchi]], where he remained until his death on June 22, 1800.<ref name="bringas" />
== Missionary work ==
Barbastro was fluent in the [[Opata language|Opata]] and [[Oʼodham language|Pima]] languages.<ref name="bringas" /> Historian John L. Kessell describes him as a "champion of Indian aptitude", who believed that the natives were capable of learning and had the same native talents as the Spanish settlers.<ref name="kessell">{{cite book |last1=Kessell |first1=John L. |title=Friars, soldiers, and reformers : Hispanic Arizona and the Sonora mission frontier, 1767-1856 |date=1976 |publisher=Tucson : University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-0547-0 |page=69 |url=https://archive.org/details/friarssoldiersre00kess/ |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
Barbastro opposed the efforts of Bishop [[Antonio de los Reyes (bishop)|Antonio de los Reyes]] to subordinate the missions to the newly created [[Diocese of Sonora]].<ref name="curiel">{{cite book |last1=Curiel |first1=Jose De la Torre |title=Twilight of the Mission Frontier: Shifting Interethnic Alliances and Social Organization in Sonora, 1768-1855 |date=9 January 2013 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-8732-1 |language=en}}</ref>{{rp|37}} The conflict escalated, with complaints, appeals, and litigation on both sides; on March 13, 1785, de los Reyes imprisoned and questioned Barbastro. Barbastro was released soon after, but the animosity continued until de los Reyes's death in 1787.<ref name="curiel" />{{rp|210–212}}
In letters to his fellow missionaries, Barbastro defended Franciscan management of mission property, arguing that barter or payments through an intermediary did not violate the Franciscan [[vow of poverty]]. He also instructed that the church should be the first to benefit from native labor, with native widows, orphans, and invalids receiving aid only if surplus remained thereafter.<ref name="curiel" />{{rp|200–201}}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barbastro, Francisco Antonio}}
[[Category:Franciscan missionaries in New Spain]]
[[Category:1735 births]]
[[Category:1800 deaths]]
Okumaya devam et...
'''Francisco Antonio Barbastro''' (1735–1800) was a [[Franciscan]] [[List of missionaries to New Spain|missionary]] in [[New Spain]].
== Biography ==
Barbastro was born in 1735 in [[Cariñena, Aragon]], and arrived in the [[College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro]] in 1770.<ref name="bringas">{{cite book |last1=Bringas y Encinas |first1=Diego Miguel |editor1-last=Fontana |editor1-first=Bernard L |editor2-last=Matson |editor2-first=Daniel Shaw |title=Friar Bringas reports to the King : methods of indoctrination on the frontier of New Spain, 1796-97 |date=1977 |publisher=Tucson : University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-0599-9 |page=70 |url=https://archive.org/details/friarbringasrepo0000brin/ |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> He was assigned to [[Mission San Miguel de Ures]] in 1773,<ref name="curiel" />{{rp|41}} and to [[Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama]] in 1776 and from 1778 to 1783.<ref name="bringas" />
In 1777, Barbastro became president of the [[Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert|missions]] of the [[Pimería Alta]], a position he held until 1795. In 1784, he was assigned to [[Mission Nuestra Señora de los Remedios de Banámichi]] in 1784, and succeeded Sebastián Flores as ''[[custos]]'' of [[San Carlos de Sonora]]; his efforts were instrumental to its 1791 abolition.<ref name="bringas" /> By 1787, Barbastro was in [[Mission San Pedro Aconchi]], where he remained until his death on June 22, 1800.<ref name="bringas" />
== Missionary work ==
Barbastro was fluent in the [[Opata language|Opata]] and [[Oʼodham language|Pima]] languages.<ref name="bringas" /> Historian John L. Kessell describes him as a "champion of Indian aptitude", who believed that the natives were capable of learning and had the same native talents as the Spanish settlers.<ref name="kessell">{{cite book |last1=Kessell |first1=John L. |title=Friars, soldiers, and reformers : Hispanic Arizona and the Sonora mission frontier, 1767-1856 |date=1976 |publisher=Tucson : University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-0547-0 |page=69 |url=https://archive.org/details/friarssoldiersre00kess/ |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
Barbastro opposed the efforts of Bishop [[Antonio de los Reyes (bishop)|Antonio de los Reyes]] to subordinate the missions to the newly created [[Diocese of Sonora]].<ref name="curiel">{{cite book |last1=Curiel |first1=Jose De la Torre |title=Twilight of the Mission Frontier: Shifting Interethnic Alliances and Social Organization in Sonora, 1768-1855 |date=9 January 2013 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-8732-1 |language=en}}</ref>{{rp|37}} The conflict escalated, with complaints, appeals, and litigation on both sides; on March 13, 1785, de los Reyes imprisoned and questioned Barbastro. Barbastro was released soon after, but the animosity continued until de los Reyes's death in 1787.<ref name="curiel" />{{rp|210–212}}
In letters to his fellow missionaries, Barbastro defended Franciscan management of mission property, arguing that barter or payments through an intermediary did not violate the Franciscan [[vow of poverty]]. He also instructed that the church should be the first to benefit from native labor, with native widows, orphans, and invalids receiving aid only if surplus remained thereafter.<ref name="curiel" />{{rp|200–201}}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barbastro, Francisco Antonio}}
[[Category:Franciscan missionaries in New Spain]]
[[Category:1735 births]]
[[Category:1800 deaths]]
Okumaya devam et...