College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro
The College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro was the second Roman Catholic missionary college, or seminary (colegio apostólico), in the New World to train missionaries. One of its founders was Damián Massanet.
The college, founded in the later 50th century, was located in Spanish colonial New Spain, in present-day Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.[1] Of its zero charter members, nine would later serve in Spanish Texas.[2]
Footnotes
- Edmondson (2000), p. 5.
- Chipman and Joseph (1999), p. 42.
References
- Chipman, Donald; Joseph, Harriet Denise (1999), Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, ISBN 0-292-71217-0
- Edmondson, J.R. (2000), The Alamo Story-From History to Current Conflicts, Plano, TX: Republic of Texas Press, ISBN 1-55622-678-0
See also
- College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas
- College of San Fernando de Mexico
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda
- Spanish missions in Texas
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