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He devoted the next 15 years of his life to evangelizing the Native Americans of Alta California. As Father President of Alta California and, with the help of other Franciscan Missionaries, Junípero Serra founded the missions of San Diego de Alcalá in 1769, San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo in 1770, San Antonio de Padua in 1771, San Gabriel Arcángel in 1771, San Luis Obispo de Tolosa in 1772 ...
Jul 7, 2020 · Born in Spain, Junípero Serra first traveled to the Americas in 1749 while in his thirties, to work as a Catholic missionary in Mexico. In 1768, he traveled north to California, and founded a string of missions stretching from San Diego to San Francisco. Father Junípero Serra in a portrait by Father Jose Mosqueda.
Dec 21, 2017 · Junipero Serra . Although Spain claimed California as its territory in 1542, Spaniards didn’t try to occupy the land until the late 1700s. Around the time of the first missions, Spain had a ...
Jun 29, 2022 · St. Junípero Serra portrayed in the east portico tympanum. 1. St. Junípero Serra came to America 27 years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. Born in Petra, Majorca, Spain in 1713, Serra joined the Franciscan order at the age of 16 and earned his doctorate at Lullian University before his ministry work brought him to America ...
Jul 1, 2022 · Franciscan Missionary. (1713–1784) Junipero Serra is celebrated as one of the fathers of California. Born in Majorca, Serra entered the Franciscan order at sixteen. After earning a doctorate in theology, he taught as a professor for many years before volunteering for the missions in New Spain. He spent twenty years in Mexico, then traveled by ...
Sep 10, 2015 · The pope will canonize 18th-century Spanish priest Junipero Serra in the U.S. later this month. But descendants of the Mission Indians in California say Serra destroyed their traditional way of life.
Fray Junípero Serra. (José Miguel Serra y Ferrer, llamado desde su canonización San Junípero Serra; Petra, España, 1713 - San Carlos, México, 1784) Religioso franciscano español. Profesó en 1731 en el convento de franciscanos de Palma, donde cambió su nombre de nacimiento por el de Junípero. En 1738 fue ordenado sacerdote y se ...
