Daniel Angelo Marras was a Jesuit missionary in New Spain.
[1] In 1656, Marras was assigned to Mission San José de Mátape, where he founded a school for the religious education of native converts.
[2] Over the course of his tenure, Marras made Mátape into a commercial hotspot,[3] and established cattle ranching in Sonora.
[4] Marras was also heavily involved in mining operations in Mátape, despite Jesuit rules forbidding such involvement.
Under his management, two mines were established, manned by African slaves, and a refinery was founded to process the resulting ore.[2] As of 1685, Marras was vice provincial of the Jesuits in New Spain.