Francisco María Píccolo

Who is Francisco María Píccolo?

Francisco María Píccolo was an Italian priest and Jesuit.

He entered the Society of Jesus in 1673.

Arrived at the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the year 1684 and was assigned to missions in northern Mexico.

For 13 years he developed extraordinary missionary work in the Sierra Tarahumara, where he was professed in 1689.

In 1697 he accompanied Juan Maria de Salvatierra in the founding of Loreto and

In 1699 established the second center of evangelization in the Mission San Francisco Javier de Vigge Biaundó .