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Mission San Fernando Rey de España was the 17th of 21 Franciscan missions established in Alta California. The Rancho of Francisco Reyes (then the Alcalde of the Pueblo de Los Ángeles ), which included the agricultural settlement of Achooykomenga worked by Ventureño Chumash , Fernandeño (Tongva), and Tataviam laborers, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] was ...
[16] [17] [18] The rancho was acquired by Franciscan missionaries after being identified as a suitable site for a mission, and on September 8, 1797 the San Fernando Rey de España Mission was founded, placing most of the valley's land, including the area of North Hills, and its indigenous inhabitants under the mission's jurisdiction. [16] [19]
Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá (Spanish: Misión San Diego de Alcalá, lit. The Mission of Saint Didacus of Acalá ) was the second Franciscan founded mission in the Californias (after San Fernando de Velicata ), a province of New Spain .
San Diego 32°47′4″N 117°6′23″W / 32.78444°N 117.10639°W / 32.78444; -117.10639 ( Mission San Diego de Serves as a parish church and museum.
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 ...
The Santa Ysabel Asistencia was founded on September 20, 1818, at Cañada de Santa Ysabel in the mountains east of San Diego (near the village of Elcuanan), as a asistencia or "sub-mission" to Mission San Diego de Alcalá, and to serve as a rest stop for those travelling between San Diego and Sonora. The native population of approximately 450 ...
Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando was a 116,858-acre (472.91 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California, granted in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to Eulogio F. de Celis. [1]
California's first bishop, Francisco García Diego y Moreno, lived at the Convento from 1820 to 1835. [6] In 1846, the Mexican government confiscated the missions and secularized the properties. Pio Pico became the owner of the Mission San Fernando, selling it in 1846 to Elogio de Chelis.