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The mission was founded in 1776, by the Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order. Named for Saint John of Capistrano, a 14th-century theologian and "warrior priest" who resided in the Abruzzo region of Italy, San Juan Capistrano has the distinction of being home to the oldest building in California still in use, a chapel built in 1782.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. 18th to 19th-century Catholic religious outposts in California For the establishments in modern-day Mexico, see Spanish missions in Baja California. The locations of the 21 Franciscan missions in Alta California. Part of a series on Spanish missions in the Americas of the Catholic Church ...
The Spanish missions in California — originally built between 1769 and 1833, with their sites & restored structures in present-day California. Founded in the Spanish colonial Las Californias (1768–1804) and Alta California (1804–1822) provinces, and the Mexican Alta California territory (1822–1848).
Mission San Juan Capistrano: 1776 San Juan Capistrano: The Serra Chapel, built in 1782, is the oldest extant building in California. [7] Serves as a parish church and museum. Mission San Luis Rey de Francia: 1798 Oceanside
The Mission was accorded full parochial status in 1918 as the Mission Church San Juan Capistrano. The Serra Chapel, the oldest standing church building in California and the only extant building where St. Junipero Serra is known to have said Mass , was used for services, as the Mission's original stone church was destroyed in an 1812 earthquake .
San Juan Capistrano: 1806 Church Part of Mission San Juan Capistrano. It was the only mission church incorporating six vaulted domes in its roof structure. [26] Casa de Rancho San Antonio: Bell Gardens: 1810 Residence: Oldest building in Los Angeles County. Private residence. [27] [28] Ruins of Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad: Soledad ...
O'Sullivan wrote Little Chapters About San Juan Capistrano in 1912, and in 1930 co-authored Capistrano Nights: Tales of a California Mission Town with Charles Francis Saunders and Charles Percy Austin. O'Sullivan died in Orange, California, in 1933 and was buried in Calvary Cemetery in the East Los Angeles neighborhood of the
However, a native uprising in San Diego forced the priests to abandon the site and flee to the safety of the San Diego Presidio. On November 1, 1776 Father Presidente Serra founded the mission San Juan Capistrano with Friars Amúrrio and Pablo de Mugártegui in attendance. Father Amúrrio conducted his first baptism in San Juan on December 19 ...