Pioneers & Missionaries (1) Presumably, the first Assistant ever assigned to St. Leander’s Church was Father Francisco B. M. Bettencourt, a native Portuguese. He came to San Leandro on October 1, 1878 and remained there until 1882. However, I could not find either his birthplace or the date of his arrival in California, much...

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