José Francisco de Paula Señan
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Father José Francisco de Paula Señan (March 3, 1760 – August 24, 1823) was a Spanish
the Americas
.
Life
He was born in
Payeras' retirement in 1820 he was reappointed and continued in office until he died. As Presidente he was also Vicáreo Foraneo of the Bishop of Sonora
for Upper California.
A month before his death he received the appointment of Vice-Commissary Prefect. Señan was familiar with the language of the Indians, and his reports and mission entries are distinguished by their exactness and beauty of penmanship. Though a very zealous missionary, Señan loved retired life. He disliked to hold office or give orders, and it is for this reason he was sometimes nicknamed "Padre Calma." The Commissary-General of the
Indies
directed him to write a history of the missions, and Señan in 1819 promised to comply, but he left no papers on the subject. His remains were interred in the church of the San Buenaventura Mission.
Father Señán devised a method for writing the
Spanish alphabet, which also incorporated other symbols to represent sounds not present in Spanish such as glottal stops.[1]
References
- ^ Leanne Hinton, Flutes of Fire (1994, page 212)
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "José Francisco de Paula Señan". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
