Born: 1631, County Galway
Entered: 1657, Mexico - Mexican Province (MEX)
Died: 28 September 1673, St Francis Borgia Mission, Sonora, Mexico - Mexican Province (MEX)

Alias de la Fuente

◆ Fr John MacErlean SJ :
Entered in Mexico along with Cornelius Guillereag (Mac Giolla Riabhaigh)
1667 After finishing studies worked among the Indians at St Francis Xavier Mission in Sonora, Mexico
1668-1670 Worked among the Indians at St Ignatius Mission in Sinaloa, Mexico
1670-1673 Worked among the Indians at St Francis Borgia Mission in Sonora, Mexico, where he died in 1673
Stephen Font (de la Fuente) and Cornelius Guillereag (Mac Giolla Riabhaigh) were inseparable companions on the Indian Mission in Mexico

◆ James B Stephenson SJ Menologies 1973

Father Stephen Font (de la Fuente) SJ 1631-1673
Fr Stephen Fonr (de la Fuente) was born in Galway in 1631 and entered the Society in Mexico in 1657.

After finishing his studies he worked among the Indians at the Missions of St Francis Xavier in Sonora (1667), of St Ignatius in Sinaloa (1668) and of St Francis Borgia in Sonora (1670), where he died in 1673.

Born: 1635, County Clare/ County Galway
Entered: 1657, Mexico - Mexican Mission (MEX)
Died: 20 February 1676, St Francis Borgia Mission, Sonora, Mexico - Mexican Mission (MEX)

Alias Mac Giolla Riabhaigh

◆ Fr John MacErlean SJ :
Entered in Mexico along with Stephen Font (de la Fuente)
1667 After finishing studies worked among the Indians at St Francis Xavier Mission in Sonora, Mexico
1668-1670 Worked among the Indians at St Ignatius Mission in Sinaloa, Mexico
1670-1671 Worked among the Indians at St Francis Borgia Mission in Sonora, Mexico, where he died in 1671
Stephen Font (de la Fuente) and Cornelius Guillereag (Mac Giolla Riabhaigh) were inseparable companions on the Indian Mission in Mexico

◆ James B Stephenson SJ Menologies 1973

Father Cornelius Guillereag (Mac Giolla Riabhaigh) SJ 1635-1671
Fr Cornelius Guillereag (Mac Giolla Rhiabhaigh) was born in County Clare in 1645. He entered the Society in Mexico in 1657 with Fr Stephen Font whose inseparable companion he was during the whole course of his studies and labours among the Indians.

He died at the Mission of St Francis Borgia in Sonora in 1671.

Born: 1645, Ireland
Entered: 1663, Mexico City - Mexican Province (MEX)
Ordained: c 1675,
Final Vows: 15 August 1680
Died: 07 March 1700, Huepaca, Sonora, Mexico - Mexican Province (MEX)

Alias Mooney-Burke

◆ Fr John MacErlean SJ :
1675 After finishing studies and teaching at Vera Cruz, Mexico, was sent to the Francis Xavier Mission at Huepaca in Sonora where he spent the remaining 25 years of his life.
1684-1688 Superior of Huepaca Mission
1691-1697 Visitor of the Huepaca Mission

◆ James B Stephenson SJ Menologies 1973
Father John Muñoz (Muñoz de Burgos) SJ 1645-1700
Fr John Muñoz, also called Muñoz de Burgos, which Spanish form probably represents the Irish names “Mooney-Burke”, was born in Ireland in 1645. He was another of those Irishmen who in the 17th century joined the Society in foreign parts. He entered in Mexico in 1663.

After teaching in Vera Cruz and completing his studies, he was sent in 1675 to the Mission of St Francis Xavier at Huepaca in Sonora, where he spent the remaining 25 years of his life.
He was Superior at Huepaca from 1684-1688, and Visitor of the Missions 1691-1697.
He died at Huepaca in 1700