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First Dominican Priest to offer Mass in Continental U S
The editor argues the honor of the first Holy Sacrifice by a Dominican likely goes to Father de Montesinos or Father de Cervantes. He suggests the site for Mass within the current continental U S may be Virginia, noting historians differ on a 1526 Spanish settlement location in South Carolina or Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
St. Augustine
Ayllon
San Miguel de Guandape
Jamestown
Virginia
John Gilmary Shea
Peter Guilday
James H. Bailey
Richmond
Antonio de Montesinos
Antonio de Cervantes
Pedro Estrada
Father de Montesinos
Father de Cervantes
Continental
United States
South Carolina
Creorgia
Justin D. McClunn
Favoers Bartolome DE Olmeda
Juan Diaz
Hernando Cortez
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Prescott
Yucatan Peninsula
Tabasco
LaJoie
Texas
Castaneda
Fray Juan Saurez
Shea
Catholic Church
Philip P. Rodriguez
D.D.S. Dallas
Tex