Personal Information Surname: Gil de Bernabe Given Name: Juan Crisóstomo Sex: M Place of Birth: Aljalmbra, Aragon, Spain Date of Birth: 01/01/1728 Order: Franciscan Place of Death: Carrizal, Sonora, Mexico Date of Death: 03/07/1773 Cause of Death: Killed by Tiburones Race or Tribe: Español Residence: Tumacácori Title: Misionero (OFM) Place of Service: Tumacácori Burial Place: Ures-in the church, epistle side of the altar Translation: (Basque - Gil from below the bramble bushes) Notes: Not an exact birthdate. He was probably born in 1728. He was tall, slender, round faced and swarthy with a heavy black beard, curly hair and small eyes. He entered the Franciscan seminary of Nuestra Senora de Jesus in Zaragosa at the age of 17 or 18. After ordination he went to a mountain top retreat north of Zaragosa. He was recruited in late 1762 for the mission of 1763 in New Spain. He stayed at the College of Querétaro for three and a half years. In January of 1768 he sailed for Guaymas. He came to Guevavi in mid-May, 1768. Because of illness he went to Aconchi in the spring of 1771, but was back at Tumacácori by mid-September. He left Tumacácori in the winter of 1771-72 and went to the College of Queretaro as its Father President. He was the only priest in the northern Pimeria in 1768. In 1770 or 1771 he transferred the mission cabecera to Tumacácori. He established a mission to the Seris at Carrizal near Tiburón Island in November of 1772, and was murdered there on March 7, 1773. By order of Viceroy Antonio María Bucareli y Ursua, his body was exhumed in October of the same year and take to Ures for final burial.   Event Relationship [95 Records] Event ID: 986 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/13/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 1859 Relationship: Baptizing Priest Event Date: 07/19/1774 View Document A     Event ID: 3188 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/02/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3189 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/02/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3190 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/17/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3191 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/02/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3192 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/06/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3199 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/17/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3200 Relationship: Event Date: 03/25/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3201 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/01/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3202 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/16/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3203 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 06/23/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3204 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 06/26/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3205 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/22/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3206 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 08/15/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3207 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 09/22/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3208 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 09/28/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3209 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/30/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3210 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/28/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3211 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/28/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3212 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/30/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3213 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/10/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3214 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/15/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3215 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/15/1769 View Document A     Event ID: 3216 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/20/1870 View Document A     Event ID: 3234 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/01/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3235 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/01/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3236 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/01/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3237 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/01/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3238 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/04/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3239 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/06/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3240 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/10/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3241 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/11/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3242 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/14/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3243 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/20/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3244 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/23/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3245 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/27/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3246 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/02/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3247 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/22/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3248 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/22/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3249 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/23/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3250 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/24/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3251 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/01/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3252 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/29/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3265 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/27/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3267 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 04/02/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3268 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 04/12/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3269 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 04/17/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3270 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/14/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3271 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/14/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3272 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/15/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3292 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/18/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3293 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/12/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3294 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 06/12/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3296 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 06/22/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3297 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 06/22/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3298 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 06/26/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3299 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/02/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3300 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/04/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3301 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/08/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3305 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/25/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3306 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/28/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3307 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 08/26/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3308 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 08/31/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3309 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 10/01/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3310 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/11/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3312 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/08/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3313 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/12/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3314 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/26/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3315 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/30/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3430 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/14/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3431 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 10/07/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3432 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 10/10/1770 View Document A     Event ID: 3434 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/12/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3453 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 09/16/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3454 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 09/22/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3455 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 10/01/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3456 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 10/17/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3457 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 09/29/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3458 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 09/26/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3459 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 10/19/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3460 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 10/24/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3713 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 10/26/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3714 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 10/30/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3715 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 10/04/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3716 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/06/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3719 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/08/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3720 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/12/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3721 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/20/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3722 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/10/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3723 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/01/1771 View Document A     Event ID: 3724 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/05/1772 View Document A     Event ID: 3725 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/06/1772 View Document A     Event ID: 3927 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/02/1781 View Document A     Event ID: 4379 Relationship: Deceased Event Date: 10/07/1773

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