who are the Franciscan?

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who are the Franciscan?

the Franciscan missionaries who colonized US after the SPanish. what country are they from?

2006-09-11 11:01:35 · 2 answers · asked by booBOO 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help

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The Franciscans are a missionary priesthood of the Catholic Church founded by St Francis Xavier. Their main purpose is to spread the word of Catholicism throughout the world. They are not from any specific country having member priests from all over the world. They were instrumental in forming the California mission system.

2006-09-11 11:08:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

The first two, who came with Columbus on his second voyage, were from Belgium. The rest were from Spain.

2006-09-11 18:08:55 · answer #2 · answered by Shintz62 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋