Gomez, Juan Nepomoceno

Proceedings by Juan Nepomuceno Gomez for procuring papers necessary to be ordained a priest.

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Gomez, of Havana, a notary public in St. Augustine, Florida, and master of the royal schools of reading and writing, desires to be a priest. He asks that the testimony of his three witnesses be heard and that two officials be appointed to judge the information on the following points: whether he is the son of Josef M(ari)a (Jacinto) Gomez and Inez Fran(cis)ca Mendez, natives of St. Augustine, white, without any mixture of mulatto, negro, Jewish, or other blood forbidden by law; whether he frequents the sacraments; if he attends parties, or carries arms, if he is a gambler, Quarrelsome, or goes to suspicious houses, and whether he is inclined toward the Church; whether he was in any office in which he contracted any obligations; whether he had any spiritual or corporal defects, whether he had contracted any betrothal. P.S. If one of the witnesses is the Commandant of the Battalion the aid of the governor will have to be solicited.

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1799 Oct. 4

O'Reilly, Father (Miguel)
St. Augustine, Florida

The witnesses are to be heard and two others are to be named. Fern(an)do de la Maza Arredondo and Jose Antonio deIguiniz sign.

A.D.S. (Spanish)

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1799 Oct. 4

White, (Enrique)
St. Augustine, (Florida)

The petition is to be granted. Signed also by (Josef de) Ortega (y Diaz) and certified by Jose de Zubizarreta as secretary to the governor.

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1799 Oct. 4

Morales, Bartolome
(St. Augustine), Florida

Morales gives his testimony as a witness.

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1799 Oct. 4

Gonzales Hernandez y Guevara, Ipolito
St. Augustine, Florida

Gonzales, in minor orders, gives his testimony. He is 57.

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1799 Oct. 4

Sanchez, Fran(cis)co Xavier
St. Augustine, Florida

Sanchez gives his testimony. Gomez's grandparents are Pedro Gomez and Getrudis Rodriguez and Catarina (Ruiz) del Canto and Pedro Mendez.

D.S. (Spanish)

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1799 Oct. 9

Ortega y Diaz, Josef de
St. Augustine, (Florida)

Ortega, lieutenant governor, in reply to O'Reylly's invitation of the 7th, testifies that since arriving in St. Augustine at the beginning of March of '93 he has known Gomez. Ortega gives his testimony.

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1799 Oct. 9

Crosby, Father Miguel
St. Augustine, Florida

Crosby gives his testimony. He has know Gomez since 1791 when he arrived in St. Augustine. Crosby is 35.

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1799 Oct. 10

O'Reilly, Father Miguel
St. Augustine, Florida

O'Reilly approves all the testimony and orders that Gomez's baptismal certificate, that of his parents and their marriage certificate be presented.

D.S. (Spanish)

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(1799) (Oct. 5)

Gomez, Juan Nepom(uce)no
St. Augustine, Florida

The accompanying baptismal certificate is not certified as it should be but there are citizens here who know Father Fran(cis)co Fernandez Quintana of the Angel Guardian Church of Havana who signed the document. They are Captain Juan de los Remedios, and Captain Gines de Oliva and Lieutenant Fernando de la F(uen)te, both of the Third Cuban Battalion. Gomez asks that their certification of the signature be accepted because of the critical state of war and the urgency of the case.

A.D.S. (Spanish)

On the same paper:

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1799 Oct. 5

White, (Enrique)
St. Augustine, (Florida)

The petition is granted. Ortega also signs.

A.D.S. (Spanish)

1787(?) Mar. 24

Quintana, Father Fran(cis)co Fernandez
Havana, (Cuba)

Quintana certifies that the following entry is in the baptismal register for Spaniards: On June 4, 1977 Father Nicolas Ambrosio Mancebo y Vetancurt baptized the son of Josef Maria Gomez and Inez Fran(cis)co Mendez born on June 1, giving him the name of Juan Nepomuceno. His godmother was Nicolosa Gomez.

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1799 Oct. 5

Remedios, Juan de los
Oliba, Ginez de
Fuente, Fern(and)o de la
St. Augustine, Florida

They certify that the above is in Quintana's hand.

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1799 Oct. 7

Zubizarreta, Jose de
St. Augustine, Florida

Zubizarreta, royal secretary, certifies that the three above signatures are authentic.

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1799 Apr. 18

Herrera y Moya, Father Nicolas de
Havana, (Cuba)

Herrera of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception certifies that in the book of baptisms of Spaniards in St. Augustine, Florida, there is the following item: On August 20, 1744, Father Fran(cis)co Xav(i)er Arturo, pastor of St. Augustine, baptized the son of Pedro Gomez, native of Seville and of M(ari)a Getrudis Rodriguez of this city, born on August 15, giving him the name of Jose M(ari)a Jacinto. The godfather was Domingo Ferrera.

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1799 Apr. 18

Herrera y Moya, Father Nicolas de
Havana, (Cuba)

Herrera certifies that in the register of baptisms of Spaniards in St. Augustine there is the following item: On January 26, 1752, Father Juan de Paredes, pastor at St. Augustine, baptized Ines, born January 20, daughter of Pedro Mendez and Catarina Ruiz del Canto. The godfather was Nicolas Mendez.

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1799 May 30

Sanchez y Fleytes, Father Josef Domingo
Havana, (Cuba)

Sanchez of the Church of the Guardian Angel certifies that in the matrimonial register for Spaniards there is the following item: In the city of Havana on December 21, 1772, with the permission of the Vicar General, Father Juan Mig(ue)l de Castro Palomino, Mancebo married Jose Maria Gomez and Inez Mendez. Witnesses were Fran(cis)co Galbes and Ign(ati)o Luna and the groomsmen Luis Otero and Soledad Gomez.

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(1799)

(O'Reilly, Father Miguel)

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(1799)

(O'Reilly, Father Miguel)

Gomez wishes to become a priest. If anyone knows of any impediment, let it be made known.

Draft(?) (Spanish)

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1799 Oct. 26

O'Reilly, Father Miguel
St. Augustine, Florida

O'Reilly certifies that having read the proclamation on the reverse side on three festival days in the parish church under his charge, no impediment has been noted.

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1799 Oct. 31

Iguiniz, (Jose Antonio de)
Maza (Arredondo, Fernando de la)
St. Augustine, Florida

On this date testimony was taken from these proceedings for the witnesses and given to Gomez.

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1799 Apr. 1

O'Reilly, Father Miguel
St. Augustine, Florida

to (Bishop Luis Penalver y Cardenas)
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

(The ms. is water stained at the beginning; it seems to read): When on September 26, 1797, O'Reilly informed Penalver on the same subject as on the 3rd of last month, he preferred Zubizarreta whom Penalver appointed as schoolmaster. But Zubizarreta not being agreeable, O'Reilly judged Gomez more suitable than Felipe Aguirre and Juan Entralgo, not only because of his exemplary conduct but because of his knowledge of Latin. Only his age made O'Reilly consider him inferior to Zubizarreta. O'Reilly does not wish to overshadow with his praise of Gomez the merits of Aguirre and Entralgo. About the first O'Reilly must say what he did in his first report; the second cannot speak with the precision necessary.

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1799 May 22

Fernandez, Joseph
Puente, Fern(an)do de la
St. Augustine, Florida

They certify that they know Gomez, born June 1, 1777 and that at the age of 5 he received the Sacrament of Confirmation in the convent of Our Lady of Belen in this city. Fernandez was a sponsor and Puente assisted him with a boy named Manuel on the same day. Gonzalo Zamorano and Zubizarreta certify that the signatures of Fernandez and Puente are genuine.

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1799 Apr. 4

Zamorano, Gonzalo
St. Augustine, Florida

In accordance with the fitness of Gomez attested to by many on September 30, 1797, and principally by reports of O'Reilly on September 26 and the first of the month, Zamora appointed gomez as schoolmaster with a salary of 30 pesos a month. In regard to Gomez's temporary absence which his father spoke of in his letter of April 1, Gomez is not to receive his salary until his return. Signed by White and Ortega. This is a copy of the decree occasioned by the letter of Jose Gomez about the school for his son Juan Nepomocene.

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1799 Nov. 2

O'Reilly, Father Miguel
St. Augustine, Florida

to Bishop Luis Penalver y Cardenas
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

In obedience to Penalver's letter of July 2, O'Reilly assures Penalver that there is no exaggeration in the answers to the questionnaire (about Gomez). Gomez's application in college in Havana merited very satisfactory certificates.

A.L.S. (Spanish)

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1801 Jun. 3

Penalver y Cardenas, Bishop Luis
(New Orleans), Louisiana

Having seen the preceding papers about Gomez sent by the Vicar General O'Reilly asking for papers necessary for Gomez's ordination by the Bishop of Havana, because of difficult access to this city because of the war, Penalver grants the petition and copies of this decree are to be made. Father (Isidro) Quintero signs as secretary.

D.S. (Spanish)

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1801 Jun. 5

Penalver y Cardenas, Bishop Luis
New Orleans, Louisiana

Penalver sends the papers necessary for the ordination of Gomez in Havana.

D.S. (Spanish)

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1801 (Jun. 5)

(Penalver y Cardenas, Bishop Luis)
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

Proceedings for the placing of Father Luis Buhot in charge of the parish of Opel(o)usas and for Father Pedro de Zamora, (O.M.Cap.) to serve as an assistant at the Cathedral.

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1801 Jun. 5

Lopez y Angulo, Ramon de
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

to Bishop Luis de Penalver y Cardenas
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

Having registered the two patents of Buhot and Zamora in the royal treasury, the first as pastor of St. Landry at Opelousas and the second as assistant at the Cathedral, they send them back as requested in Penalver's letter of the first of this month. (A note in the bishop's hand) orders this kept with the case.

L.S. (Spanish)

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1801 May 23

Buhot, Father Luis
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

to Bishop (Luis Penalver y Cardenas
New Orleans, Louisiana)

Buhot, assistant at the Cathedral of New Orleans, having suffered ill health during the last summers and knowing the climate is not agreeable, asks for a parish in the country.

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1801 May 27

(Penalver y Cardenas), Bishop (Luis)
New Orleans, Louisiana

Zamora having asked to be transferred to the city, the petition is granted and a letter is to be sent to the vice Royal Patron. Father Isidro Quintero acts as secretary.

D.S. (Spanish)

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1801 May 27

(Penalver y Cardenas), Bishop (Luis)
New Orleans, Louisiana

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1801 May 27

(Penalver y Cardenas), Bishop (Luis)
New Orleans, Louisiana

to Nicolas Maria Vidal
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

Zamora of Opelousas is to occupy one of the assistantships and Buhot is to be transferred to that parish. To put an end to any controversy with the Commandant Martin Duralde, (Penalver) asks that a notice be sent. This is a copy of the letter sent.

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1801 May 29

Vidal, Nicolas M(ari)a
New Orleans, (Louisiana)

to Bishop Luis de Penalver y Cardenas
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

Vidal approves what Penalver informed him of in his letter of the 27th in order to cut short the arguments which frequently occur between Duralde and Zamora by giving him the assistantship in this city now served by Buhot, giving each what he wants. Therefore he gives his consent and Penalver can order the patents sent to the interested parties.

L.S. (Spanish)

On the same paper:

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1801 May 22

(Penalver y Cardenas), Bishop (Luis)
New Orleans, Louisiana

(The above) is to be added to the file and the appointments of Buhot and Zamora are to be sent; copies are to be sent with a letter to the Intendant.

D.S. (Spanish)

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1801 Jun. 1

(Penalver y Cardenas), Bishop Luis
New Orleans, Louisiana

Since Buhot, because of bad health, wishes to continue his services in a rural parish; and since Zamora has repeatedly asked to come to the city, (Penalver) consented and proposed it in a letter of May 27 to Vidal who consented in his reply of the 29th. (Penalver) gives Buhot the necessary faculties according to the Instructions of December 21, 1795.

Copy (Spanish)

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1801 Jun. 1

(Penalver y Cardenas), Bishop Luis
New Orleans, Louisiana

Since Zamora has repeatedly signified his wishes to be in this city, and Buhot wishes to serve in the country to mend his broken health, Penalver consented and proposed it in his letter of the 27th to Vidal who consented in his letter of the 29th. (Penalver) gives Zamora the necessary faculties according to the instruction of December 21, 1795.

Copy (Spanish)

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1801 Jun. 1

(Penalver y Cardenas), Bishop Luis
New Orleans, Louisiana

to Ramon de Lopez y Angulo
(New Orleans, Louisiana)

(Penalver) sends the licenses of Buhot and Zamora to be registered and returned.

Copy (Spanish)

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