where is the place located?
It is a state in Mexico.
Michoacán
Michoacán, formally "Michoacán de Ocampo" (), officially "Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo" ("Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo"), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. 
who is joseph a. lopez A Catholic priest and Jesuit. what does the latter mean? It is a religious order of the Catholic Church. in which church had he been the priest? The local church in Peribán, Michoacán.
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Michoacán [SEP] Introduction
Michoacán, formally "Michoacán de Ocampo" (), officially "Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo" ("Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo"), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia (formerly called Valladolid). The city was named after José María Morelos, a native of the city and one of the main heroes of the Mexican War of Independence. Michoacán is located in Western Mexico, and has a stretch of coastline on the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. It is bordered by the states of Colima and Jalisco to the west and northwest, Guanajuato to the north, Querétaro to the northeast, the State of México to the east, and Guerrero to the southeast.