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Brother Anthony Gabriel (Francis C'de Baca)
Brother Anthony Gabriel was born of the Spanish family lineage of Baca, C'de Baca, Delgado, and Romero whom contributed to the long history of New Mexico. The history extends from Spain's Onate resettlement, 1623-1624, the Mexican Period, the U. S. Territorial Period, and to the present statehood of New Mexico. He died suddenly in 1985 at age 79 in Lafayette, Louisiana, after a massive stroke. He was born on June 4, 1905, in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and was taught by the brothers at La Salle Institute in that city. He entered the junior novitiate at Sacred Heart Training College when it opened there in 1919. He was sent to the novitiate in Mixcoac, near Mexico City, where he received the brother’s garb on March 18, 1921. He then spent a year studying in the scholasticate at Sacred Heart in Las Vegas. After a short stay at St. Paul’s College (high school) in Covington, Louisiana, in 1922, he was assigned to teach at St. Peter’s College (high school) in New Iberia, Louisiana, and stayed 12 years. In 1934 he was sent to teach at Mullen Home for Boys in Fort Logan, Colorado, and in December 1935 to Cathedral High School in El Paso, Texas. He taught at St. Michael’s College (high school) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from September 1937 until March 1940, when he was sent back to New Iberia and in
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