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Lorenzo Jose Carranco (1695, Cholula, New Spain - October 2, 1734, Mision de Santiago de los Coras Ainini, New Spain) was a Jesuit missionary.
Biography
Born in Cholulua in 1695, Carranco studied at Puebla and made his novitiate in Tepotzotlan. In 1725, he trained at Nuestra Senora del Pilar de la Paz Airapi in La Paz to take over at Mision de Santiago de los Coras Ainini. Briefly, he served as a missionary at Todos los Santos, Baja California Sur. In 1727, Carranco succeeded Father Ignacio Maria Napoli at Mision de Santiago. He was killed in the Rebelion de los pericues at the Mision de Santiago by the Pericues in a manner similar to Nicolas Tamaral.
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