in which church had he been the priest?
The local church in Peribán, Michoacán.
Joseph A. Lopez
He was then put in charge of the local church in Peribán, Michoacán.
who is joseph a. lopez A Catholic priest and Jesuit. what does the latter mean? It is a religious order of the Catholic Church.
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Joseph A. Lopez [SEP] Early life
José Antonio López was born on October 4, 1779, in Cotija, Michoacán, in New Spain, located today in Mexico. Born to a family of ranchers, he had a distinguished lineage. López attended first the Colegio de San Nicolás, and then the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico, where he received a bachelor's degree in canon law. He was then put in charge of the local church in Peribán, Michoacán. Later in life, López related that when the first leader of the Mexican War of Independence, Miguel Hidalgo, was traveling through Michoacán in 1810, López unsuccessfully tried to arrest him, and then fled to Valladolid.