Ordination Records

My great grandfather, Jose Mucio Codina, was ordained to the priesthood in Guadalajara in 1855. I found his ordination documents in the Diocese of Guadalajara eccleciastical records on one of the films from the Family History Library. The records consist of a batch of 26 loose pages related to his ordination requirements.

Several of the documents dealt with Mucio's father presenting three witnesses to his parish priest, each testifying that Mucio met the following criteria:
1. That Mucio was the son of a legitimate marriage.
2. That his parents are from a decent family 'y de sangre buena.'
3. That no one from this generation has descended from Moors.
4. That Mucio's generation did not have any infamous persons.

Mucio Codina served as a traveling priest in the state of Zacatecas for 15 years, after which he got married and moved to Texas. It wasn't until I started doing genealogy research that I discovered that my ancestor had been a priest. I thought I would post this information in case anyone else had a priest in their family tree.

Omar Codina