The work of construction was directed by the Recollect priest Lucas de Jesus Maria, and that the bridge as built consisted of stone piers and a wooden superstructure.
The size of the convent and church built by the Recollect Missionaries in 1851 were proofs of this status considering that the church authorities were powerful in running the affairs of the government.
In Newfoundland, Recollect friars established a friary in 1689 at the island's capital, Plaisance (now Placentia), which was staffed until 1701 by friars from Saint-Denis, near Paris.
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