Spanish Missions

Timeline of these Spanish missions

Period: 1675 to 1804

Mission Socorro

1682

http://visitelpasomissiontrail.com/ The present Socorro Mission was constructed c. 1840 to replace an earlier 18th-century mission destroyed in 1829 by flooding of the Rio Grande.

Mission Ysleta

1682

https://www.elpasodiocese.org/parish This mission is 339 years old.

Mission Espada

1690

https://www.missionsanfranciscodelaespada.org/ This was the 1st mission founded in Texas.

Mission San Antonio de Valero

1718

https://www.thealamo.org/ Native Americans used all-natural materials, such as stone, timber, mud brick, adobe and tile to build this mission.

Mission la Bahia

1722

https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/goliad This mission was the 1st large cattle ranch in Texas

Mission Concepcion

1731

https://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/concepcion.htm Religious images and icons were created all over and can still be seen today.

Mission San Juan Capistrano

1731

https://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/sanjuan.htm Mission San Juan Capistrano is one of three missions that was moved from East Texas in 1731.

Mission Santa Cruz and Presidio San Luis

1757

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/travelspanishmissions/mission-santa-cruz-de-san-saba-and-presidio-san-luis-de-las-amarillas.htm It was the only mission in Texas to be completely destroyed by Native Americans.

Mission San Jose

1797

https://www.missionsanjosechurch.org/ More than 100 adobe buildings were constructed, thousands of cattle, sheep and horses grazed on its land, and acres of wheat were cultivated.