the Zacatecan friars' formal *parecer* AGAINST secularization (answering Figueroa's 4 questions, cf. Doc 37): (1) of his missions only San Francisco Solano nears the 10-yr threshold of the 13 Sep 1813 law; (2) ⭐⭐⭐ none can yet be secularized — the Cortes legislated 'sin conocimiento… del carácter é ignorancia de estos infelices indígenas'; the neophytes are like children ('no tienen ni más medida ni más padre que el Religioso'), needing charity + vigilance; if unfortunately emancipated they'd revert — 'se verían desnudos como si no hubieran salido de la gentilidad'; catalogues their 'vicios' (drunkenness; night dances 'que horrorizan'); (3) ⭐⭐⭐ the missions are communities whose goods are 'del fruto de… los mismos individuos que las habitan' (neophyte property — echoes Echeandía/Figueroa) yet the neophytes cannot manage them; (4) obstacles. The church/Zacatecan anti-secularization position — completes the 1833 secularization-consultation triad (Echeandía pro Doc 32 · Figueroa gradualist Doc 37 · García Diego con Doc 38) → secularization spine
| Date | 1833-09-24 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Fr. Francisco García Diego (Santa Clara), Comisario-Prefecto (Zacatecan college) |
| To | Gov. Figueroa |
| Series | State Papers, Missions and Colonization |
| Tomo | II |
| Original tomo page | p.191–200 |
| Savage copy page | 76–83 |
| Scan leaf | n75–82 |
| Document type | abstract (corr.) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Fr. Francisco García Diego (Santa Clara), Comisario-Prefecto (Zacatecan college) to Gov. Figueroa, 1833-09-24, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, II, p.191–200, Archives of California, C-A 53, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca53/ca53-d38.html