Episode 3 of 4
Baja California missionaries gathered at Loreto
- When
- by 3 February 1768
- Where
- Loreto, Baja California peninsula
By 3 February 1768 Portolá's soldiers had removed the peninsula's 16 Jesuit missionaries, gathering them in Loreto for passage to Europe.
By 3 February 1768, Portolá's soldiers had removed the peninsula's 16 Jesuit missionaries from their posts and gathered them in Loreto, whence they sailed to the Mexican mainland and thence to Europe. This completed the removal of Jesuit missionaries from the peninsula as part of enforcement of the 1767 decree.
Sources
- Suppression of the Society of Jesus Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-24
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