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Interior of the capilla (chapel) at Mission San Rafael Arcángel taken in 1974. Mission San Rafael Arcángel was founded on December 14, 1817, by Father Vicente Francisco de Sarría, as a medical asistencia ("sub-mission") of the San Francisco Mission to treat their sick population. It was granted full mission status on October 19, 1822.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. 18th to 19th-century Catholic religious outposts in California For the establishments in modern-day Mexico, see Spanish missions in Baja California. The locations of the 21 Franciscan missions in Alta California. Part of a series on Spanish missions in the Americas of the Catholic Church ...
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San Rafael Church Mission San Rafael Arcángel. As of the census [33] of 2000, there were 56,063 people, 22,371 households, and 12,773 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,378.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,304.6/km 2). There were 22,948 housing units at an average density of 1,383.1 units per square mile (534.0 units ...
In 1817, the Franciscans established the Mission San Rafael Arcángel in San Rafael, California as an asistencia to act as a hospital for the mission. It became an independent mission in 1822. [16] With the end of the Mexican War of Independence in 1821, the newly independent Mexico took control of Alta California. Relations were strained ...
[citation needed] Mission San Rafael Arcángel was founded in what is now downtown San Rafael as the 20th Spanish mission in the colonial Mexican province of Alta California by four priests, Father Narciso Duran from Mission San Jose, Father Abella from Mission San Francisco de Asís, Father Gil y Taboada and Father Mariano Payeras, the ...
For example, the widest inside dimensions of any of the mission buildings (at San Carlos, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz) is 29 feet (8.8 m): the narrowest, at Mission Soledad, spans 16.2 feet (4.9 m). The longest structure, at Mission Santa Barbara , stretches 162.5 feet (49.5 m). [ 12 ]