Main parish dedicated to Santa María and two neighborhood parishes, archpriesthood of Irun, diocese of San Sebastián. Chapels of Sto. Crucifixo, Sancti Spiritus, Sta. María de Guadalupe, Nuestra Señora de la Gracia, de Montserrat, Sta. Bárbara, San Bartolomé, San Phelipe and Jacobe, Sta. María Magdalena, Santiago, and San Telmo. Convent of Capuchins of San Francisco. The archpriesthood of Fuenterrabía, as well as the tithes of Baztán and Bertizarana, belonged until the first quarter of the 18th century to the diocese of Bayonne. On June 23, 1714, Philip V of Spain confirmed the deed of exchange of properties by which Bayonne renounced the aforementioned in return for those held by Roncesvalles in Lower Navarre and the neighboring area. See LOWER NAVARRE. The archpriesthood, which included Oiartzun, Errenteria, Lezo, Pasaia, Irun, and Hondarribia, later passed to the diocese of Pamplona. The patronage of the parish belonged to the city itself, represented by its Town Council. It was served by a vicar, who was the proper priest and chief chaplain, and four beneficiaries. The presentation of these positions, according to an ordinance established by the city and confirmed by the Royal Council on August 26, 1700, had to be made by three councilor residents drawn by lot from among six others similarly designated. The election had to be of worthy, suitable, and competent subjects, hereditary sons of the same city. In the Marina suburb, another parish dedicated to Magdalena was destroyed in 1684 by the gunpowder manufactured nearby. It was later repaired as a chapel. Intramurally, there was also, until 1719, a temple dedicated to San Miguel. Demolished around that time, part of its ruins was used as a powder magazine until its complete destruction in 1794 by the conventionals, who also dismantled the royal chapel of the Santa María gate. The Capuchin convent, located on the Irun road and at a suitable distance to serve both populations, was founded by the city in 1664 by a vow made during the siege of 1638. It usually had 12 to 14 priests, 3 or 4 laymen, and the same number of donors. After the extinction of the regular clergy, the building remained unused and in ruins. There was a cemetery from 1871 at the foot of the Capuchin garden, set back from the road.
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