Wall Street Journal, Sept. 24, 2015: p. A8 (Pope Francis canonized the U.S.'s first Hispanic saint during a Mass in Washington, D.C., Wednesday [Sept. 23, 2015] praising the Rev. Junípero Serra, the friar who is considered the father of California's missions. Catholics lobbied for decades to have Father Serra elevated to sainthood for his efforts to spread Christianity in California and found the system of missions during the 18th century that helped colonize the state)
Laorden Jiménez, L. Siempre adelante ... : el legado del santo Fray Junípero Serra, desde Petra, Mallorca, a las misiones en la Sierra Gorda de Querétaro y en la Alta California, 1713-1784, abril de 2016: p. 11 (José Serra Ferrer, "San Fray Junípero Serra") p. 29, etc. (Miguel José Serra Ferrer, who upon taking vows in the Franciscan Order would change his name to Junípero, came to the world on Nov. 24, 1713, in the town of Petra on the island of Mallorca)