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Born: 1635, County Clare/ County Galway
Entered: 1657, Mexico - Mexican Mission (MEX)
Died: 20 February 1676, St Francis Borgia Mission, Sonora, Mexico - Mexican Mission (MEX)

Alias Mac Giolla Riabhaigh

◆ Fr John MacErlean SJ :
Entered in Mexico along with Stephen Font (de la Fuente)
1667 After finishing studies worked among the Indians at St Francis Xavier Mission in Sonora, Mexico
1668-1670 Worked among the Indians at St Ignatius Mission in Sinaloa, Mexico
1670-1671 Worked among the Indians at St Francis Borgia Mission in Sonora, Mexico, where he died in 1671
Stephen Font (de la Fuente) and Cornelius Guillereag (Mac Giolla Riabhaigh) were inseparable companions on the Indian Mission in Mexico

◆ James B Stephenson SJ Menologies 1973

Father Cornelius Guillereag (Mac Giolla Riabhaigh) SJ 1635-1671
Fr Cornelius Guillereag (Mac Giolla Rhiabhaigh) was born in County Clare in 1645. He entered the Society in Mexico in 1657 with Fr Stephen Font whose inseparable companion he was during the whole course of his studies and labours among the Indians.

He died at the Mission of St Francis Borgia in Sonora in 1671.

Born: 1631, County Galway
Entered: 1657, Mexico - Mexican Province (MEX)
Died: 28 September 1673, St Francis Borgia Mission, Sonora, Mexico - Mexican Province (MEX)

Alias de la Fuente

◆ Fr John MacErlean SJ :
Entered in Mexico along with Cornelius Guillereag (Mac Giolla Riabhaigh)
1667 After finishing studies worked among the Indians at St Francis Xavier Mission in Sonora, Mexico
1668-1670 Worked among the Indians at St Ignatius Mission in Sinaloa, Mexico
1670-1673 Worked among the Indians at St Francis Borgia Mission in Sonora, Mexico, where he died in 1673
Stephen Font (de la Fuente) and Cornelius Guillereag (Mac Giolla Riabhaigh) were inseparable companions on the Indian Mission in Mexico

◆ James B Stephenson SJ Menologies 1973

Father Stephen Font (de la Fuente) SJ 1631-1673
Fr Stephen Fonr (de la Fuente) was born in Galway in 1631 and entered the Society in Mexico in 1657.

After finishing his studies he worked among the Indians at the Missions of St Francis Xavier in Sonora (1667), of St Ignatius in Sinaloa (1668) and of St Francis Borgia in Sonora (1670), where he died in 1673.