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Ancestors who were priests

By labananilla | 1:22 PM MST, Sun June 21, 2020

Hello everybody!

I have a huge question haunting me: How can you know that an ancestor was a priest? Is there registry where I can find this information, or is it only through burial/death records?

Thanks in advance! :)

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German Rafael Gomez

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Ancestors who were priests (or nuns)

Mi tatarabuela Maria Petronila Games Navarro (1836–1902), primer esposa de Don José Bruno Macías Valadéz Muñoz (1851–1915), nació el 30 de mayo de 1836 en Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México, hija de Antonia y Herculano.

De joven fue novicia, o monja, (posiblemente en el Convento de San Ignacio de las R. R. Monjas de la Enseñanza de Aguascalientes; las fuentes pertinentes son de difícil acceso y esto es conocido solo por tradicion oral.)

Con la Ley de Nacionalización de Bienes Eclesiásticos (12 de Julio de 1859) y la Ley de Exclaustración de Monjas y Frailes (11 agosto de 1859), y la subsecuente supresión de monasterios y la exclaustración de monjas durante la revolución liberal de Benito Juarez (1858-1861) se vio en necesidad de abandonar su convento y dedicarse entonces a la vida laica en febrero de 1863 cuando las monjas enfrentaron la primera exclaustración practicada en el país.

Petra tenia entonces 27 años de edad.

Muchas de estas ex-monjas hicieron labor de maestras o enfermeras.
Dice la tradicion familiar que ella fue quien le enseñó a leer a su esposo Bruno con quien, restaurando hasta donde era posible la vida común, se caso en 1870; ella ya de 34 y el de 18 años de edad.

Tuvieron dos hijos:

Marcelino Macías Valadéz Games (1871–???) nacido el 2 de junio en Aguascalientes, casado con Maria Eufemia Medina Perez, Maria Refugio Oviedo Oviedo y finalmente con Maria Franca de la Soledad Ruiz de Chavez Aguilar, y muere en Aguascalientes.

Jose Jesus Macías Valadéz Games (1873–1873) nacida el 1o. de enero en Aguascalientes y muere de fiebre a los cuatro meses en el Rancho de Los Negritos.

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labananilla

4 years 11 months ago

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Ancestors who were priests

Thank you so much! Yes, he was born in Nochistlán, Zacatecas, and I understand this Parroquia is still part of Diócesis de Guadalajara... He was born in 1877, but I cannot find any burial record, nor death record, nor marriage record... I think it would've been possible for him to be a priest, but I didn't know where to look.

I am definitely going to check these documents, thank you both so very much!

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mralvarez314

4 years 11 months ago

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Lista de clero - Valladolid

The diocesan archives are your best bet, I think, for finding information on ancestors who were clergy.

Maybe you will get lucky and find them in this booklet of lists of clergyman in the diocese of Valladolid, Nueva España (Morelia). Based on the appearance of a clergyman I have identified on the list, it is from the mid to late 1700's.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-BPS2-S3

The lists contained in the booklet:

  • Image 2027 Clergy listed by parish or post
  • Image 2060 Tarasco (Fluent in Purépecha)
  • Image 2063 Othomites (Fluent in Otomí)
  • Image 2065 Mexicanos (Fluent in Náhuatl)
  • Image 2067 Masahues (Fluent in Mazahua) & Pirinda (Fluent in Matlatzinca)
  • Image 2068 Clérigos con capellanías que han muerto
  • Image 2069 Lista de clérigos que han fallecido...
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jrefugioghermosillo

4 years 11 months ago

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re: Ancestors who were priests

You can look for their “ordenes.” If he lived in Nueva Galicia, those can be found in the archives for the Diócesis de Guadalajara. These are the un-indexed records:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=3JW2-3TG%3A17193500…

Saludos!
Manny Diez Hermosillo

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