- Francisco Dumetz
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Francisco Dumetz (died 14 January 1811) was a Spanish Franciscan missionary. He gave the San Bernardino Valley in California its name, in 1810[1].
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Life
He was a native of Majorca, Spain, where he entered the Franciscan Order. In May, 1770, he went to Mexico with forty-eight other Franciscans to join the Franciscan missionary college of San Fernando in Mexico City .
On volunteering for the Indian missions, he was sent to California in October, 1770. Sailing from San Blas, Jalisco, with ten friars in January, 1771, he reached Monterey in May and was assigned to Mission San Diego. In May, 1772, he was transferred to Mission San Carlos, and in May, 1782, was appointed for Mission San Buenaventura.
There he continued his mission work until August, 1797, when he was directed to found Mission San Fernando. Father Dumetz remained there from its founding on 8 September to the end of 1805, except during 1803 and 1804 when apparently he resided at San Gabriel.
From January, 1806, to the time of his death, Father Dumetz was stationed at San Gabriel. His remains were buried in the mission church on 15 January. Dumetz was the last of the pioneer friars in California, where he worked without interruption for forty years.
References
- Palou, Noticias (San Francisco, 1874), 1;
- ____, Vida del Fray Junipero Serra (Mexico, 1787), Records of Missions, San Carlos San Buenaventura, San Fernando, San Gabriel;
- Engel Hardt, The Franciscans in California (Harbor Springs, Mich., 1897).
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
Categories:- 18th-century births
- 1811 deaths
- People from Majorca
- Franciscans
- Spanish Roman Catholic priests
- 18th-century Roman Catholic priests
- 19th-century Roman Catholic priests
- Spanish Christian missionaries
- Christian missionaries in Mexico
- 18th-century Spanish people
- 19th-century Spanish people
- History of San Bernardino County, California
- Christian missionaries in the United States
- Roman Catholic missionaries
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