USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Dedicated to converting the American Indians to Christianity, the Spanish Franciscan priest Antonio Margil de Jesús was a missionary in Central America and in what are now Mexico and Texas. In 1720 he founded the most successful of the Spanish missions in Texas: San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, in San Antonio.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1720, Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús (1657-1726) was the founder of San Antonio’s flagship mission, Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1720, Fr. Antonio Margil de Jesús founded the most successful of all Texas missions, San José y San Miguel de Aguayo.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1716 he led a band of three fathers and two lay-brothers into Texas, and founded the missions of Guadalupe among the Nacogdoches, Dolores among the Ays, and San Miguel among the Adays. These sites are in modern-day East Texas and northern Louisiana.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first Spanish mission in East Texas, San Francisco de los Tejas, was begun in May 1690 as a response to the La Salle expedition.