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Two Franciscan missions, Mission Puerto de Purísima Concepción and Mission San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicuñer, were constructed within the present-day borders of California but were administered as part of the Spanish missions of Pimería Alta. As such, they are not considered a part of the 21 missions of Alta California.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 March 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 ...
St. Carlos, near Monterey, c. 1792 Spanish missions in California. The Mexican Secularization Act of 1833, officially called the Decree for the Secularization of the Missions of California, [1] was an act passed by the Congress of the Union of the First Mexican Republic which secularized the Californian missions.
Spanish missions in California; List of Spanish missions in California; List of Catholic basilicas; San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct – carried the water about 7 miles (11 km) to serve the mission compound. San Miguel Chapel Site – location of the first outpost and center of operations while the first Mission was being constructed nearby.
This is a list of lists of Spanish missions in the Americas. The Spanish colonial government coordinated with the Roman Catholic Church to establish churches throughout their New World possessions. Jesuit missions in North America
The Spanish missions in California — originally built between 1769 and 1833, with their sites & restored structures in present-day California. Founded in the Spanish colonial Las Californias (1768–1804) and Alta California (1804–1822) provinces, and the Mexican Alta California territory (1822–1848).
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From 1778 to 1795, the mission focused on horse and mule breeding, providing other missions in Alta and Baja California an average of 16 animals per year. [19] After it was restored as a Catholic mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá saw a record number of spiritual results recorded when 567 baptisms were performed, and neophytes numbered 908.