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  2. Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery - Wikipedia

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    In 1524, Franciscan missionaries known as the Twelve Apostles of Mexico arrived in what is New Spain, followed by the Dominicans in 1526, and the Augustinians in 1533. [23] They worked hard to convert the Indians and to provide for their well-being by establishing schools and hospitals.

  3. Catholic missions - Wikipedia

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    During the Age of Discovery, the Roman Catholic Church established a number of missions in the Americas and other colonies through the Augustinians, Franciscans, and Dominicans in order to spread Catholicism in the New World and to convert the indigenous peoples of the Americas and other indigenous people.

  4. Mendicant orders - Wikipedia

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    Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) founded 1209 [2] Order of Preachers (Dominicans) founded 1216 [3] Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians) founded in 1244 [4] Other mendicant orders recognized by the Holy See today are the Order of the Most Blessed Trinity (Trinitarians) sometimes called the Red Friars, founded 1193

  5. Spanish missions in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    First the Franciscans set up parishes, then the Dominicans, Augustinians, and Jesuits followed. These orders are discussed in more detail previously in this article. To begin the process of constructing a new parish, the priests entered an indigenous village and first converted the leaders and nobles, called caciques. These conversions were ...

  6. Friar - Wikipedia

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    Today the Friars Minor is composed of three branches: the Order of Friars Minor (Brown Franciscans), Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Brown Friars with long pointed hoods) and the Order of Friars Minor Conventual wearing grey or black habits (thus known as Grey Friars). In the Franciscan order, a friar may be an ordained priest or a religious ...

  7. List of missionaries to New Spain - Wikipedia

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    4 Franciscans. 5 Jesuits. 6 Mercedarians. 7 References. ... Augustinians Diego de Chávez y ... Dominicans. Bartolomé de las Casas (1484–1566) [3]

  8. Spanish missions in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish missions in Mexico are a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, Jesuits, Augustinians, and Dominicans to spread the Christian doctrine among the local natives.

  9. Twelve Apostles of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The Franciscan Twelve arriving in New Spain was the beginning of a sweeping wave of evangelization that would come to encompass a large swath of indigenous city-states. [18] The Franciscan Twelve thus galvanized a new era of missionary work. [19] From 1524-1534, Dominicans and Augustinians would join the "spiritual conquest". [20]