Six more Capuchins arrive on Yap.
What happened
The six were three priests (Frs. Luis de León, Toribio de Filiel and Luis de Granada) and three lay brothers. The extra staff let the Capuchins send four men to open the first mission in Palau in April 1891, carried there by O’Keefe’s schooner Santa Cruz.
Who’s who
- David O’KeefeIrish-born trader on Yap who shipped Palauan stone money in exchange for copra from the 1870s.