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Surname: Arriquibar Given Name: Pedro Antonio de Sex: M
Place of Birth: Zeanuri, Bizkaia , Spain Date of Birth: 12/19/1745 Order: Franciscan
Place of Death: Tucson, Sonora Date of Death: 09/01/1820 Cause of Death: Old age at 75 years old
Race or Tribe: Vizcaíno Residence: Zeanura; Tumacácori; Tucson Title: Hijo de Ventura de Arriquibar; Misionero (OFM)
Place of Service: Tumacácori; San Ignacio; Tucson Burial Place: Tucson, Sonora Translation: (Basque - briar grove in the lower country)
Notes: He was born at 9:00 o'clock in the morning. His is not an exact death date. Padre Arriquibar died in Septemer, 1820, but the actual date is not known. He was chunky and full in the face. He entered the Franciscan novitiate in Bilbao, Bizkaia at the age of seventeen. Seven years later at Aranzazu he volunteered for the missionary college of San Fernando in Mexico City and left Spain for New Spain in 1769. He arrived in New Spain in May of 1770 and sailed for Baja California in February 1771. He served at Santa Rosalia de Mulege until October, 1772, when he left the peninsula according to the agreement between the Franciscans and Dominicans. He returned to Mexico City in 1772 and transferred to the college of Querétaro in 1774. He was at Tumacácori by 1775 and stayed until the spring of 1780, when he was transferred to San Ignacio. He stayed there until 1796 when he became chaplain of the Presidio of Tucson. He served at Tucson from 1797 until his death. He spent 45 years in the Pimería Alta, the longest time of any priest. From 1769 until his death he travelled at least 10,000 miles.

 
Event Relationship [84 Records]

Event ID: 1037 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/26/1775 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1038 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/27/1780 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1041 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 06/18/1775 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1042 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/26/1775 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1043 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 04/29/1778 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1044 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/10/1779 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1247 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/18/1782 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1561 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/09/1780 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1562 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 06/05/1780 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1563 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/23/1781 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1801 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/20/1776 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1802 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/10/1778 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1804 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 08/24/1775 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1806 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 09/24/1775 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1809 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/17/1777 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1810 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/27/1776 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1811 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/12/1779 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1840 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/09/1779 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1842 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/25/1778 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1843 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 08/09/1777 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1845 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/30/1777 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1850 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/26/1775 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 1855 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/26/1775 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3032 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 08/09/1779 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3089 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/16/1780 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3090 Relationship: Officiating Priest Event Date: 01/01/1779 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3177 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/21/1783    
 
Event ID: 3632 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 08/02/1775 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3636 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/18/1778 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3639 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/30/1779 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3680 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 06/21/1776 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3681 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 08/31/1776 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3682 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 04/20/1777 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3692 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 09/11/1777 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3694 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/29/1778 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3695 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/16/1778 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3761 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/31/1779 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3762 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/16/1778 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3763 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/16/1778 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3834 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/07/1777 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3837 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/11/1777 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3838 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/11/1777 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3839 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/25/1777 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3840 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/31/1777 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3842 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/16/1778 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3843 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/19/1778 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3844 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/03/1779 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3846 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/20/1779 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3847 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 04/16/1779 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3849 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 09/18/1779 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3850 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/12/1779 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3851 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/25/1780 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3852 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/08/1780 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 3853 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 03/26/1780 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 4301 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/27/1781 View Document A B
 
Event ID: 4302 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/15/1787 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 4451 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 06/06/1780    
 
Event ID: 4455 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/13/1780 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 4518 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/01/1777 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 4519 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/01/1777 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 4521 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/06/1778 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 4522 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/06/1778 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 4736 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/27/1777 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 5935 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 05/29/1791 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 7112 Relationship: Baptized Event Date: 12/19/1745    
 
Event ID: 7576 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/30/1780 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 8596 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/12/1780 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 8597 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/30/1781 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 8598 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 02/17/1786 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 8599 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/28/1786 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 8600 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 04/25/1792 View Document A B
 
Event ID: 8969 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 06/06/1780    
 
Event ID: 8970 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/30/1780    
 
Event ID: 8971 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 09/03/1780    
 
Event ID: 8972 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 09/03/1780    
 
Event ID: 8990 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/09/1780 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 9616 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/12/1780 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 9617 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/12/1780 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 9619 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/06/1785 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 9620 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/27/1781 View Document A B
 
Event ID: 9621 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 01/20/1786 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 9622 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 12/13/1778 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 9623 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 07/11/1790 View Document A  
 
Event ID: 9624 Relationship: Priest Event Date: 11/08/1793 View Document A  
 
 
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