Documents regarding Fr. Ledesma's mission band, 1670-73
From Habele Institute
Levesque, Rodrigue (1995). "Documents regarding Fr. Ledesma's mission band, 1670-73". History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 5, Focus on the Mariana Mission, 1670-1673. 5. Gatineau, Quebec: Éditions Lévesque. pp. 83–103. ISBN 0-920201-05-9.
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Abstract: These documents trace Fr. Andres de Ledesma’s efforts between 1670 and 1673 to assemble, authorize, and dispatch a Jesuit mission band for the Marianas. They include petitions, certifications, royal decrees, and personnel records concerning foreign missionaries, among them Fr. Pedro Coomans and Fr. Gerardo Bouwens. The file is a key administrative source for staffing, royal approval, and the international composition of the early Mariana mission.
