Francisco Combés

Francisco Combés SJ (5 October 1620 – 29 December 1665) was a Spanish Jesuit priest who established Christian monasteries in the Philippines in the 17th century.

Before finishing his priesthood, after only six years of study, he expressed the desire to become part of the expedition to the Philippine Islands.

He was assigned to Mexico, and from there he joined a group of Roman Catholic missionaries bound for the East Indies.

In 1643, eleven years after entering the Jesuits, together with forty-six other friars he was sent to the Philippines in an expedition by Diego de Bobadilla.

While on voyage to Madrid, and then to Rome as procurator of the Jesuit order, Combés died on board on December 29, 1665.