Mission San Luis Rey de Francia WHO: Mission San Luis Rey was founded by Father Fermin Lasuen. WHAT: The mission was named for King Louis IX of France, and nicknamed “King of the Missions”. WHERE: The mission is located at 4050 Mission Ave., San Luis Rey, California. WHEN: The mission was founded in June 12, […]
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa WHO: Mission San Luis Obispo was founded by Father Junipero Serra. WHAT: The mission was named after Saint Louis of Anjou the bishop of Toulouse, and nicknamed “Prince of the Missions” , “Mission in the Valley of Bears”, and the “The Accidental Mission” WHERE: The mission is located 751 […]
Mission San Antonio de Padua WHO: Mission San Antonio de Padua was founded by Father Junipero Serra. WHAT: The mission was named after Saint Anthony of Padua, and nicknamed “Mission of the Sierras”. WHERE: The mission is located at 1 Mission Creek Rd, Jolon (near Monterey) California. WHEN: The mission was founded on July 14, […]
Mission Santa Clara de Asis WHO: Mission Santa Clara was founded by Father Junipero Serra of the Franciscan order. WHAT: The mission named for Saint Clare of Assisi, the founder of the Order of the Poor Clares. WHERE: The mission is located at 500El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA. It is part of the campus […]
Mission Santa Barbara WHO: Mission Santa Barbara was founded by Father Fermín Lasuén, the first mission he founded after taking over from Father Serra. WHAT: The mission was named after Senora Barbara, patron saint of Greece, and is called the “Queen of the Missions”. WHERE: The mission is located at 2201 Laguna Street in Santa […]
Mission La Purísima Concepción de María Santísima WHO: Mission La Purisima was founded by Father Fermin Lasuen. WHAT: The mission was named after the immaculate conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary and nicknamed “The Linear Mission”. WHERE: The mission is located at 2295 Purisima Road, Lompoc, California. WHEN: The mission was founded on December […]
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel WHO: Mission San Gabriel was founded by Fray Angel Francisco de Sonera and Fray Pedro Benito Cambon. WHAT: The mission was named after the Archangel Gabriel, and is nicknamed the ‘Godmother of the Pueblo of Los Angeles’. WHERE: The mission is located at 428 South Mission Drive in San Gabriel, California. […]
Mission San Francisco Solano WHO: Mission San Francisco Solano was founded by Father Jose Altimira. WHAT: The mission is nicknamed “Sonoma Mission”. WHERE: The mission is located at 114 East Spain in Sonoma, California. WHEN: The mission was founded on July 4, 1823. It was the twenty-first and last of California’s twenty-one missions. WHY: It […]
Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo WHO: Mission Carmel was founded by Father Junipero Serra. It is the site of his shrine and final resting place. WHAT: The mission was named after Saint Charles Barromeo, a 16th century cardinal and archbishop of Milan, Italy. It is the most authentically restored of all the California […]
Mission San Buenaventura WHO: Mission San Buenaventura was founded by Father Junipero Serra, and was the last one he founded. WHAT: The mission was named after Saint Bonaventure and nicknamed “Mission by the Sea”. WHERE: The mission is located at 211 East Main Street, Ventura, California. The city of Ventura is named after the mission. […]
