Spanish Missions Timeline

  • Mission San Clemente

    Mission San Clemente
    The mission was founded at the request of jumano Indians.
  • Mission Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

    Mission Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
    To the Tiguas, the mission church is known as San Antonio
  • Mission San Antonio de Senecú

    Mission San Antonio de Senecú
    did you know that this mission had a population of seventy families
  • Mission San José de los Nazonis

    Mission San José de los Nazonis
    Mission San José de los Nazonis was established to serve the Nazonis Indians
  • Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo

    Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
    the mission was named for Saint Joseph and the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo
  • Mission San Juan Capistrano

    Mission San Juan Capistrano
    welcomes over 300,000 visitors each year.
  • Mission San Francisco Xavier de Horcasitas

    Mission San Francisco Xavier de Horcasitas
    San Francisco Xavier Mission was founded on the south bank of the San Gabriel River in February 1748.
  • Mission Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

    Mission Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
    This mission became the southernmost of the New Mexico chain of missions along El Camino Real from Mexico City to Santa Fe.
  • Mission Nuestra Señora del Refugio

    Mission Nuestra Señora del Refugio
    The mission was intended to teach European values and Christianity to the Indians as well as the industries of agriculture and cattle raising.
  • Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz

    Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz
    San Lorenzo was built for Lipan Apaches in hopes of pacifying their attacks along the northern frontier and as a way of maintaining Spanish control in the face of threats by the French.