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IRIGOYEN, JOSÉ (?-?). José Irigoyen was appointed Spanish governor of Texas but never arrived to claim his office. On August 5, 1797, Pedro de Nava told Manuel Muñozq^qv of the appointment and instructed Muñoz to deliver the company and archives of Bexar to the new governor when he should arrive from Spain. In August 1799, after Muñoz's death, Nava appointed Juan Bautista de Elguézabal^qv as governor ad interim until Irigoyen's arrival; Elguézabal served as governor until his death in 1805. The Bexar Archives^qv do not reveal why Irigoyen failed to assume his office.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bexar Archives, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin. Carlos E. Castañeda, Our Catholic Heritage in Texas (7 vols., Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1936-1958; rpt., New York: Arno, 1976).

Robert Bruce Blake

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