Ma muli o ko lākou ʻike ʻole i ka mamao o ka ʻākau o ka ʻāina, hiki aku ka Iesū i Chihuahua. I ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāhiku, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka mokuʻāina o kēia manawa i kāna ʻaoʻao komohana hema e ka mea i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka moku Chínipas, ʻoiai ke koena o ka ʻāina i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ma waena o Tarahumara luna a me lalo.
ʻO nā hoʻāʻo mua e ʻeuanelio iā Chihuahua mai nā huakaʻi a nā Jesuit i hana ai, i noho mua ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Sinaloa. ʻO ka mea i kūkulu mua ʻia ma ia wahi ka mea i kūkulu ʻia e ka Makua Juan Castini ma 1621 a i ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he mikiona Chínipas.
Ua hana ʻo ka Jesuits ma nā kuahiwi i waena o nā Tepehuanes, Guazaparas a me Tarahumara Indians, ʻoiai nā Franciscans e hana nei ma nā awāwa a me nā pāpū. ʻO ka mikionali kūpaʻa mua ma ka moku ʻo Chínipas ʻo ia ka Makua Jesuit ʻo Julio Pascual, i luku ʻia i ka makahiki 1632 me ka Makua ʻo Manu Martínez. Ma ka 1680, ua hāʻawi ikaika ʻo Fray Juan María Salvatierra i ka mikiona i hoʻohui ʻia i nā makahiki 1690 a me 1730. I ka waena o ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāhiku ua lilo nā mikiona Jesuit o ka moku Chínipas i mea hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi loa a holomua hoʻi.
Ma ka hema ka Nabogame kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka hale pule, curate a me ka hale mikiona a Father Miguel Wiytz i kūkulu ai i ka makahiki 1744. Aia ʻo Baborigame Satevo ma ia wahi like, kahi i loaʻa ai ka ikaika hou me ka hoʻokele a Father Luis Martín. a me Tubares, hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1699 e Makua Manu Ordaz a hoʻāla hou ʻia e ka hoʻokele o ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Félix Sebastián. ʻO ka mea hope loa i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea waiwai loa i ka hale pule, ka hale, nā bipi a me nā mahiā. Aia ma waenakonu nā mikionali o Cerocahui, Guazapares, Chínipas, Santa Ana a ma ka ʻākau ʻo Babarocos a me Moris.
ʻO ka wahi ʻo Tarahumara Baja i hoʻolaha mua ʻia e Father Juan Fonte, nāna i komo mua i ka makahiki 1608. I ka makahiki 1639, ua kūkulu ka Makua ʻo Jerónimo Figueroa i ka nuʻukia o San Pablo Balleza a me Huejotitán (San Jerónimo), ʻoiai e kūkulu ana ka Makua José Pascual iā San Felipe. Ma loko o ka moku ʻo Tarahumara kahi i loaʻa iā La joya, Santa María de las Cuevas a me San Javier Savetó, ka mikiona hope i kūkulu ʻia ma 1640 e Father Virgilio Máez.
E pili ana i ka panalāʻau o Tarahumara Alta, e hoʻopuni ana i ka waena a me ka ʻākau o kēia mea, ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka hana euanelio e Fathers Tardá, Guadalajara, Celada, Tarkay a me Neuman. ʻO nā mikiona i komo i kēia ʻāpana ʻo: Tonachi, Norogachi, Nonoava, Narárachi, Sisoguichi, Carichi, San Borja, Temechí a i ʻole Temeichi, Coyachi a i ʻole Coyachic, ʻo Tomochi a i ʻole Tomochic, Tutuaca a i ʻole Tutuata, Papigochi, Santo Tomás, Matachi a me Tesomachi. I ka waena o ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāhiku, ua lilo ka mikiona Jesuit o Chihuahua i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i hoʻonohonoho a lawelawe ʻia, koe wale nō nā mea ma Kaleponi.
Ma ka moku ʻo Chihuahuan aia kekahi hana mikionali a ka Franciscans. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka haipule e hoʻopiha i ka loulou i kū mua ma ka ʻākau o Zacatecas, kahi a lākou i hoʻokumu ai i nā ʻaha ma Chihuahua a me Durango. ʻO nā ʻaha kūkā, e like me ka Jesuits, pono e hoʻokō i ka pahuhopu o ka ʻeuanelio ʻana i ka poʻe hoʻomaloka. ʻO nā hale i kūkulu ʻia ʻo ko mākou Lede o ka ʻĀkau, ʻo ia nei ʻo Ciudad Juárez, San Buenaventura de Atotonilco (Villa López), Santiago Babonoyaba, Parral, Santa Isabel de Tarahumara, San Pedro de los Conchos, Bachiniva a i ʻole Bacínava (Our Lady of Nativity ), Namiquipa (San Pedro Alcántara), Carretas (Santa María de Gracia), Julimes, San Andrés, Nombre de Dios, San Felipe el Real de Chihuahua a me Casas Grandes.
