David K - 7-10-2015 at 05:16 PM
Map of the 27 Baja California Missions, numbered in the order they were founded
1) Loreto (1697)
2) San Javier (1699)
3) Ligüí/Malibat (1705)
4) Mulegé (1705)
5) Comondú (1708)
6) La Purísima (1720)
7) La Paz (1720)
8) Guadalupe de Huasinapí (1720)
9) Los Dolores Apaté (1721)
10) Santiago (1724)
11) San Ignacio (1728)
12) San José del Cabo (1730)
13) Santa Rosa/Todos Santos (1733)
14) San Luis Gonzaga (1737)
15) Santa Gertrudis (1752)
16) San Borja (1762)
17) Santa María (founded in 1766, at Calamajué)
18) San Fernando (1769)
19) El Rosario (1774)
20) Santo Domingo (1775)
21) San Vicente (1780)
22) San Miguel (1787)
23) Santo Tomás (1791)
24) San Pedro Martír (1794)
25) Santa Catalina (1797)
26) El Descanso (site founded ~1810, new mission built 1830)
27) Guadalupe del Norte (1834)
Note: Popular or common names used, nearly half the missions were moved one or more times. The locations on the map show the final site of each
mission, except for #7 La Paz and #9 Los Dolores (both are shown at the original locations. La Paz moved to Todos Santos and Dolores moved to La
Pasión).
#1-17 were founded by the Jesuit Order.
#18 was founded by Junípero Serra of the Franciscan Order.
#19-27 were founded by the Domincan Order.
#25 was the last Spanish authorized mission founded.
#26-27 were founded by a Dominican priest, after Mexico's Independence.
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You can see that the missions in Baja California Sur (#1-14) were not founded in particular order or direction. As a site was discovered suitable for
a mission, it often took years to obtain funding and a priest to open a new mission.
Once Padre Consag sailed to the Colorado Delta (1746) he convinced his superiors that California was not an island and so the missions began to move
northward... not to get to San Diego and beyond, but to connect with the Jesuit missions in Sonora.
With the removal of the Jesuits and replaced with the Franciscans (1768), a new enterprise was started... to get to San Diego and Monterey. The
Franciscans preferred Alta California to Baja California, and happily transferred the peninsula missions to the eager Dominicans. The Dominicans were
given 200 miles of un-converted territory between San Fernando and San Diego to establish at least 5 more new missions, along the Camino Real to Alta
California.
[Edited on 7-11-2015 by David K]
chuckie - 7-10-2015 at 05:21 PM
SO? This is like another sales pitch?
David K - 7-10-2015 at 05:29 PM
No, it is free... all the information is posted free on Nomad.
I recently saw a post that indicated some basic mission history was not known. In light that there are NEW viewers here daily, some basic historic
information seemed appropriate.
Plus, this is a new map I created and hope to get some feed back on it vs. the plain map with mission numbers that I have used in the past.
Old and New... New and Old...
Udo - 7-10-2015 at 06:23 PM
Mil gracias for the posting a new light on the ancient Baja Missions.
It should prove considerably useful.
sargentodiaz - 8-16-2015 at 10:18 AM
Latest post on my Father Serra's Legacy blog is – Franciscan Missionaries – Who Were These Men? Some viewpoints and observations @ http://msgdaleday.blogspot.com
David K - 8-16-2015 at 02:52 PM
Thanks for your sharing!
As long as we report what we know of the past, and not try to vilify or justify it based on modern political correctness, we can form our own
opinions, or just enjoy the history, both good and bad.
