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How old is the Mission at Santa Cruz? Two Padres started the Mission at Santa Cruz. (In the Catholic Church, the priests are called “Fathers,” and Padre is the Spanish word for Father.)
Well, for almost 75 years, there was no Mission at Santa Cruz, just a church for the members of the Parish. The old walls lay crumbled on the ground and the beautiful bells had been sent to San Francisco.
- History: 1800 to The Present Day
- 1820s to 1830s
- Secularization
- History in The 20th Century
From 1800 to 1820, the natives had no resistance to European diseases like measles, scarlet fever, and the flu. The priests tried to read medical books and help them when they got sick, but they had little success. Thousands of Indians died, and others ran away. Indians ran way because of sickness but also because of strict rules and harsh punishme...
The native population remained small, and the Branciforte settlers kept causing trouble. Records from 1831 say the mission owned thousands of cattle and sheep and produced hides and tallow, but it never returned to its former prosperity. By 1831, only about 300 neophytes were left.
Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821, but it couldn't afford to keep the missions running. In 1834, they decided to close them and sell the land. Mission Santa Cruz was one of the first to be secularized. The Mexicans offered the land to the natives, but they either didn't want it or couldn't pay for it. The property was then divided and sold...
In 1930, a wealthy family started to build a full-sized replica near the original site, but they lost money in the stock market crash and could only build something half the size of the original. The only original building left was used for Indian housing, built-in 1824.
- Betsy Malloy
MISSION SANTA CRUZ. Corner of High & Emmet Streets Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Established: August 28, 1791. By: Father Fermín Lasuén, Franciscan missionary and successor to Junípero Serra as President of the missions. Order: 12th of the 21 missions.
Beginnings of the Mission. Mission Santa Cruz was founded on August 28, 1791 by Father Lasuen. Several members of the local Ohlone tribe attended the ceremony. Another date, September 25, 1791 is also found in historical references, but Father Lasuen wasn’t able to attend the September dedication.
Mission Santa Cruz was founded in 1791 and was the 12th of the 21 Spanish Missions founded. Unfortunately, nothing remains of the original mission today, other than a crumbling wall in the city of Santa Cruz.
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When the mission was finally dedicated on September 25, 1791, relations between the missionaries and the Spanish authorities were at their best. Older missions, already prosperous, sent to Santa Cruz a great variety and quantity of gifts.
