Ignacio Maria Napoli (died ca. 1744; also known as "Padre Procurador") was an Italian

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to the Baja California peninsula. In 1723, he founded the Misión de Santiago de los Coras Aiñiní, which was located southwest of Bahía las Palmas. Napoli arrived in the Cora area of Aiñiní (now known as

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) around 1721. Replaced by Lorenzo Carranco, he was transferred to

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by 1726. In 1736, he was directing the

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missions at Huirivis, Pótam, and Rahum.

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1744 deaths 18th-century Italian Jesuits Jesuit missionaries in Baja California People from Baja California Sur Year of birth missing Italian Roman Catholic missionaries Italian expatriates in the Spanish Empire {{RC-clergy-stub