Luís María Gallardi

Luís María Gallardi (d. 1736) was a Jesuit missionary to New Spain.

Gallardi, a Sicilian,[1] arrived in the Pimería Alta in 1720, joining fellow missionaries Eusebio Kino, Agustín de Campos, and Luis Xavier Velarde.

[3] In 1725 he became the administrator of the Altar River valley, and accordingly relocated to San Ignacio.

[3][4] Gallardi moved again in 1727 to Tubutama, where he served for the rest of his life.

[5] Juan Bautista Grazhoffer assisted Gallardi at the mission for a few months, leaving in 1732.