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The College of San Fernando de México was a Roman Catholic Franciscan missionary college, or seminary (Colegio Apostólico), founded in Spanish colonial Mexico City by the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor on October 15, 1734.

The institution was established to provide specific training for priests who were to work among the indigenous populations within the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain, located in present-day Mexico and the southwestern United States.

Notable alumni

Gregório Amúrrio
Narciso Durán
Vicente Fustér
Luís Jayme
Pablo de Mugártegui
Vicente Pascual Oliva
Francisco Palóu
Mariano Payéras
Andrés Quintana
José Bernardo Sánchez
Vicente de Santa María
José Francisco de Paula Señan
Junípero Serra
Buenaventura Sitjar

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