. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. 70 amongthe Pimos and Papagos to the Gila River. He was athorough missionary, full of zeal, endurance, andcourage. The poorest food, a bowl of Indian corn, orwhatever the Indians had, roots or seeds, sutficed forhim. He traveled alone without guide or guard, andhis bed was the bare ground. He directed the mis-sion of San Xavier and its dependent station till 1778. At Tumacacori and San Xavier del Bac adobe houseswere built for the Indians and inclosed with a wall asa defense against the Apaches. Churches were builtat Tumacacori and Calabaz
. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. 70 amongthe Pimos and Papagos to the Gila River. He was athorough missionary, full of zeal, endurance, andcourage. The poorest food, a bowl of Indian corn, orwhatever the Indians had, roots or seeds, sutficed forhim. He traveled alone without guide or guard, andhis bed was the bare ground. He directed the mis-sion of San Xavier and its dependent station till 1778. At Tumacacori and San Xavier del Bac adobe houseswere built for the Indians and inclosed with a wall asa defense against the Apaches. Churches were builtat Tumacacori and Calabazas, Tucson was made a 340 THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. regular pueblo, with cliurcli, priests house, and astout wall, where a garrison could check the inroadsof the scourge of the country. The churches wereproperly supplied with becoming plate and holy Father John Chrysostom Gil de Bernabewas. stationed for some years at Guevavi, attendingTubac, Tumacacori, and Sonoitac. He learned thelanguage and accomplished much good. Kecalled to. CHURCH AT TUMACACORI. preside over the college at Queretaro, he returned tothe Sonora missions, and was killed by the Seris in1773. DIOCESE OF SONORA. RT. REV. ANTONIO DE LOS REYES, FIRST BISHOP, 1780-1788. On the 7th of May, 1779, Pope Pius YI. erected thediocese of Sonora, to embrace Sinaloa and Sonora,with Upper and Lower California. The FranciscanFather, Antonio de los Reyes, who was appointed to I Palou, Relacion Historica, Mexico, 1787, pp. 53-75, 158, 130, 140,179, 201, 218, 225, Noticias, ii., pp. 271, 283 ; iii., pp. 36, 148, 173 ; iv.,pp. 122, 185, 177, 197, 204; Father Antonio de los Reyes, Mexico, July6, 1772. Documentos para la Historia de Mexico, Series iii., vol. , 1856, pp. 755-765 ; Escudero, Noticias Estadisticas de Sonoray Sinaloa, Mexico, 1849, pp. 40-41; Arricivita, ii., p. 448. DIOCESE OF BOTH CALIFORNIAS. 341 the new see, on the 12th of December, 1780, wasconsecrated at Tacubaya, Mexico, on the 15th
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