College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro

The College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro was the first missionary college, or seminary (Colegio Apostolico), in the New World to train missionaries. One of its founders was Father Damián Massanet. The college, founded in the latter 17th century, was located in Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain, in present day Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.^[1] Of its thirteen charter members, nine would later serve in Spanish Texas.^[2]

Footnotes

1. Edmondson (2000), p. 5.
2. Chipman and Joseph (1999), p. 42.

References

• Chipman, Donald; Joseph, Harriet Denise (1999), Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, ISBN 0-292-71217-0
• Edmondson, J.R. (2000), The Alamo Story-From History to Current Conflicts, Plano, TX: Republic of Texas Press, ISBN 1-55622-678-0

See also

• College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas
• College of San Fernando de Mexico
• Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda
• Spanish missions in Texas