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unusual facts about viceroyalty of New Spain



History of San Antonio

Finally, perseverance of Fray Antonio was answered and the Viceroyalty gave formal approval for the mission in late 1716, and assigned responsibility for their establishment to Martín de Alarcón, the governor of Coahuila y Tejas.

José Ignacio de Cavero y Cárdenas

Born on 29 June 1757 in Mérida, Yucatán then part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, his parents were Diego Cavero Castro and Juana de Díaz Cárdenas.

José Joaquín Moraga

José Joaquín Moraga was born on August 22, 1745 at Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi in the northern frontier region of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (in present day Arizona).


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Francisco María Píccolo

Arrived at the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the year 1684 and was assigned to missions in northern Mexico.