Francisco Garcés

Explorer, missionary (1738-1781) · Spain · Died at 43

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M. was a Spanish Franciscan friar who served as a missionary and explorer in the colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain. S. states of Arizona and California.

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Garces Memorial High School in Bakersfield is named after Garcés.

The El Garces Hotel in Needles, California, built in 1908 and named for Garcés.

Garces Memorial Circle in Bakersfield, California, memorializes when Garcés came to the area of modern-day Bakersfield in 1776.

About this person

Francisco Hermenegildo Tomás Garcés O.F.M. 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.

Country

Spain

Status

deceased

Dates

Lived 1738 to 1781 · aged 43

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