Alonso de Arrivillaga y Coronado (August 7, 1648 - 1724) was a Guatemalan missionary and benefactor of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) who worked in Sonora, New Spain.
Biography
Arrivillaga was born August 7, 1648, in Santiago de Guatemala; his father was Domingo de Arrivillaga y Urdinsso.[1]
Arrivillaga served as procurator of the Jesuit missions in New Spain from 1714 to 1715.[2]
In 1715, Arrivillaga was appointed provincial superior, and promulgated a set of twenty-one regulations for the missionaries. Arrivillaga ordered them to limit their chocolate consumption and travel expenses; to shut the door on anyone attempting to discredit the Jesuits; and to require no more than three days a week of labor from the natives outside of harvest time.[3][4]
References
- 1.Melchor, Johann (2023-01-01). "Los Arribillaga en Guatemala del siglo XVII a 1820. El mayorazgo, el ingenio de azúcar y su patrimonio artístico". Anales de la Academia de Geografía e Historia de Guatemala, XCIX.
- 2.Segesser, Philipp (April 2014). Thompson, Raymond H. (ed.). A Jesuit Missionary in Eighteenth-Century Sonora: The Family Correspondence of Philipp Segesser. University of New Mexico Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-8263-5424-2.
- 3.Polzer, Charles W. (1976). Rules and precepts of the Jesuit missions of northwestern New Spain. Tucson : University of Arizona Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-0-8165-0551-7. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- 4.Yetman, David (15 November 2010). The Ópatas: In Search of a Sonoran People. University of Arizona Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-8165-0109-0.