Njengoba babengazi ukuthi inyakatho yezwe inabe kangakanani, amaJesuit afika eChihuahua. Ngekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa, izwe lamanje lakhiwa engxenyeni yalo eseningizimu-ntshonalanga yilokho okwaziwa ngokuthi yisifunda saseChínipas, kuyilapho yonke enye indawo yayihlukaniswe phakathi kweTarahumara ephezulu nengaphansi.
Imizamo yokuqala yokushunyayelwa kweChihuahua yavela ohambweni olwenziwe amaJesuit, ngaphambili azinza esifundazweni saseSinaloa. Owokuqala ukwakhiwa esifundeni yilowo owakhiwa nguFata Juan Castini ngo-1621 futhi waziwa ngokuthi yiChínipas mission.
AmaJesuit ayesebenza ezintabeni phakathi kwamaNdiya angamaTepehuanes, amaGuazaparas, namaTarahumara, kuyilapho amaFranciscans esebenza ezigodini nasemathafeni. Isithunywa sevangeli sokuqala esizinzile esifundeni saseChínipas kwakunguBaba wamaJesuit uJulio Pascual, owafela ukholo ngo-1632 kanye nobaba uManuel Martínez. Ngo-1680, uFray Juan María Salvatierra wanikeza umfutho omkhulu emishini eyahlanganiswa ngonyaka we-1690 nowe-1730. Maphakathi nekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa imishini yamaJesuit esifundeni saseChínipas yaba ngomunye wabahlelekile nabathuthukile kakhulu.
Ngaseningizimu kwakunguNabogame lapho usengabona khona indlu yesonto, eyokugcina umsebenzi neyokuthunywa eyakhiwa uBaba uMiguel Wiytz ngo-1744. IBaborigame Satevo isendaweni efanayo, eyathola amandla amasha ngokuphathwa kukaFata uLuis Martín. kanye neTubares, eyasungulwa ngo-1699 nguFata Manuel Ordaz futhi yavuselelwa ngabaphathi besazi-mlando uFélix Sebastián. Lesi sakamuva sithathwa njengesinye sezicebi kakhulu esontweni, ezindlini, ezinkomeni nasemasimini. Maphakathi kukhona ukuthunyelwa kweCerocahui, iGuazapares, iChínipas, iSanta Ana nasenyakatho yeBabarocos neMoris.
Indawo yaseTarahumara Baja yaqale yashunyayelwa nguFata Juan Fonte, owangena okokuqala ngonyaka we-1608. Ngonyaka we-1639, uBaba uJerónimo Figueroa, wakha umsebenzi weSan Pablo Balleza nowaseHuejotitán (San Jerónimo), ngenkathi ngasikhathi sinye uBaba uJosé Pascual ayakha iSan Felipe. Esigodini esifanayo seTarahumara kukhona neLa joya, iSanta María de las Cuevas neSan Javier Savetó, umsebenzi wokugcina owakhiwa ngo-1640 nguFather Virgilio Máez.
Mayelana nensimu yeTarahumara Alta, eyayihlanganisa isikhungo nenyakatho yale nhlangano, umsebenzi wobuvangeli waqala ngoFata Tardá, Guadalajara, Celada, Tarkay noNeuman. Ohambweni obufakwe kulesi sifunda kwakungu: Tonachi, Norogachi, Nonoava, Narárachi, Sisoguichi, Carichi, San Borja, Temechí noma Temeichi, Coyachi noma Coyachic, Tomochi noma Tomochic, Tutuaca noma Tutuata, Papigochi, Santo Tomás, Matachi naseTesomachi. Maphakathi nekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa, imishini yamaJesuit yeChihuahua yaba ukuhleleka nokuphathwa okuhle kakhulu, ngaphandle kwalabo abaseCalifornia.
Endaweni yaseChihuahuan kwakukhona nomsebenzi wezithunywa zevangeli wamaFranciscans. Inhloso yezenkolo kwakuwukugcwalisa isixhumanisi esasivele sikhona enyakatho yeZacatecas, lapho basungula khona izigodlo eChihuahua naseDurango. Izigodlo, njengamaJesuit, kwakumele zifeze inhloso yokushumayela abangakholwa. Izakhiwo ezenziwe kwaba ngele-Our Lady of the North, manje eyiCiudad Juárez, iSan Buenaventura de Atotonilco (Villa López), iSantiago Babonoyaba, iParral, iSanta Isabel de Tarahumara, iSan Pedro de los Conchos, iBachiniva noma iBacínava (Our Lady of Nativity ), Namiquipa (San Pedro Alcántara), Carretas (Santa María de Gracia), Julimes, San Andrés, Nombre de Dios, San Felipe el Real de Chihuahua neCasas Grandes.
