Francisco Garcés, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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explorer, missionary
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Place of Birth: Morata de Jalón, Aragon, Spain
About Francisco Garcés
- date|1738|04|12}} | birth_place = Morata de Jalón, Valdejalón, Zaragoza, Spain | death_date = July 18, 1781(1781-07-18) (aged 43) | death_place =Mission la Purísima Concepción, Sonora, New Spain,Spanish Empire | occupation = Franciscan friar, priest and explorer | nationality = Spanish | footnotes = }} Francisco Hermenegildo Tomás Garcés, O.F.M., (April 12, 1738 – July 18, 1781) was a Spanish Franciscan friar who served as a missionary and explorer in the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain.
- He explored much of the southwestern region of North America, including present day Sonora and Baja California in Mexico, and the U.S.
- states of Arizona and California. He was killed along with his companion friars during an uprising by the Native American population, and they have been declared martyrs for the faith by the Catholic Church.
- The cause for his canonization was opened by the Church.
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