Cristóbal de Cañas
Jesuit missionary in New Spain
About Cristóbal de Cañas
Lived 1680 – 1740 (aged 59–60).
Cristóbal de Cañas (16801740) was a Jesuit missionary in New Spain.
Biography Cañas was born in 1680 in Cádiz, Spain; entered the Society of Jesus on May 19, 1697; was ordained in 1706 in Oaxaca, Mexico; and served his tertianship in 1707. From 1710 to 1718, he taught philosophy at the College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro, taking his final vows on February 2, 1715.
In 1720, Cañas was assigned to Mission Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Arizpe, and by 1722 he was Father Visitor of the Jesuits in Sonora. Other Jesuits frequently consulted Cañas as a legal expert. In 1735, he was appointed rector of the Jesuit College in Durango. Cañas died on May 9, 1740.
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