. The Catholic church in colonial days : the thirteen colonies, the Ottawa and Illinois country, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, 1521-1763. bicb tbe Registers badbeen kept by tbe Proprietary parisb priest, Acevedo. Tbechaplain of tbe fort bad occasionally acted for tbe pastor,and now by tbe visitors permission tbe Sacristan INfayor,Francisco Gabriel del Pueyo, wbo was also notary of tbe vis-itor, acted temporarily, and at a later period Rev. Jobn deParedes, and Jobn Josepb Solana. Tbe long pastorsbip ofRev. Mr. Acevedo ended August 13, 1735. Tbe venerable sbrine of Niiestra
. The Catholic church in colonial days : the thirteen colonies, the Ottawa and Illinois country, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, 1521-1763. bicb tbe Registers badbeen kept by tbe Proprietary parisb priest, Acevedo. Tbechaplain of tbe fort bad occasionally acted for tbe pastor,and now by tbe visitors permission tbe Sacristan INfayor,Francisco Gabriel del Pueyo, wbo was also notary of tbe vis-itor, acted temporarily, and at a later period Rev. Jobn deParedes, and Jobn Josepb Solana. Tbe long pastorsbip ofRev. Mr. Acevedo ended August 13, 1735. Tbe venerable sbrine of Niiestra Senora de la Lecbe erectedin the Indian town at Nombre de Dios, where the first masswas celebrated on tbe 8tb of September, 15G5, was now tofeel the results of tbe proximity of a nation of hostile faith. D. Rosain, Necropolis de la Ilabana, 1875, p. 133. Bp. Rezinodied in Havana, Sept. 12, 1711, and was interred under the sanctuaryof the Church of St. Catharine. Barcia, Ensayo Cronologico, p. 363, places the visitation of BishopRezino in 1721, Init the entry of vi-^itation and confirmations in tlie Reg-ister of Saint Augustine show that it was in 11 T FRANCIS DE SAN BUENAVENTURA TEJADA, BISHOP OF TRICALI , YUCATAN, GUADALAJARA. ; W .t.!.u G NUESTRA SENOBA. DE LA LECHE. 465 According to a statement of a modern historian, ColonelPalmer with a party of Georgians made a raid into Florida,and approached St. Augustine. His men plundered thechapel, carrying off the church plate, votive offerings, andevervthino; of value. One of the soldiers took the figure ofthe Infant Saviour from the arms of the statue of Our Lady,and carried it to Colonel Palmer, then at Fort Mosa, who re-buked his men for their sacrilegious act, telling them thatthey would in time atone it, but he took the figure and threwit from him on the ground. The next year as the city was again menaced, the Governorof Florida, to prevent Nombre de Dios from, being again oc-cupied by the Georgia
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