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Updated: June 27, 2025
Lasuen came down from San Miguel to Santa Barbara, especially for the foundation, and from thence with Sergeant Olivera and a military escort. These, with Padre Francisco Dumetz, the priest chosen to have charge, and his assistant, Francisco Favier Uría, composed, with the large concourse of Indians, the witnesses of the solemn ceremonial.
"Thanks to God, I have been kindly received and given close attention by His Excellency and he has granted me whatever I have asked of him; so, God helping, I hope for a quick and very extensive expansion and spreading of our Holy Faith and of the domains of our Catholic King. Miguel Pieras and Fr. Francisco Dumetz and Padre Fr. Luis Jaume.
There is still preserved at the Mission the first register, which was closed in 1809. At that time 2648 baptisms had been administered. There are four signatures which occur throughout in the following order: Pedro Benito Cambon, Francisco Dumetz, Vicente de Sta María, and José Señan. The largest population was 1330 in 1816. The largest number of cattle was 23,400 in the same year.
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