Wazalelwa ePetra, eMallorca, eSpain, lo mFranciscan wahamba izwe elimazombezombe laseSierra Gorda de Querétaro ukuyoshumayela abomdabu bakuleso sifunda nokwakha ohambweni abahlanu abahle.
Isithunywa sevangeli somyalelo wamaFranciscan, uFray Junípero Serra (1713-1784) wafika eSierra Gorda de Querétaro ehamba namanye ama-friar ayisishiyagalolunye, phakathi nekhulu le-18, lapho imishini yangaphambilini yayingakaze ifike khona ngaphambili.
Ngokususelwa othandweni nasekubekezeleni, futhi ngesiqubulo esithi "ungaceli lutho unikele ngakho konke", ubekwenza ubuKrestu labo bantu bomdabu pames Y jonace aziwa ngokuba nolaka. Uphinde wafaka kubo uthando lomsebenzi futhi ngokubambisana nothisha abalethwe bevela kwezinye izindawo, wabafundisa ubuciko bokwakha nokubaza.
Ngakho-ke, abantu bomdabu bakha izimangaliso ezinhlanu eziyimishini yaseJalpan, Landa, I-Tancoyol, I-Concá Y I-Tilaco. Enganelisekanga ngalokhu, uJunípero waqhubeka nohambo lwakhe, ngaso sonke isikhathi ehamba ngezinyawo, waya e-High Californias, evangela futhi esungula ohambweni, waze waqeda ama-21, ngaphezu kwama-5 eQuerétaro nase-3 eNayarit.
Ngomsebenzi wakhe obalulekile wobuvangeli ezindaweni zasendle nezingakaze zifundwe eNew Spain, kanye nangezimangaliso ezahlukahlukene azenza, uPapa John Paul II wamenza waba ngoSepthemba 25, 1988.
