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Mission San Xavier del Bac (Spanish: La Misión de San Xavier del Bac) is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation.
Contact with Europeans remained infrequent until three missions were established in 1629 in what is now northeastern Arizona. In 1680, the Pueblo Revolt resulted in the destruction of all three missions, greatly limiting Spanish influence in the region. Subsequent attempts to reestablish the missions in Hopi villages were met with repeated ...
Catholic missions were installed throughout the Americas in an effort to integrate native populations as part of the Spanish culture; from the point of view of the Monarchy, naturals of America were seen as Crown subjects in need of care, instruction and protection from the military and settlers, many of which were in the pursuit of wealth ...
In the 18th century, many native tribes were attacking Spanish settlements in Arizona. To counter this, the Spanish Army built several presidios in northern New Spain.In 1751, the native Pima people revolted against the Spanish in the Pima Revolt, and over 100 settlers were killed and most of the remaining settlers fled in fear, leaving several missions abandoned. [3]
This is a list of lists of Spanish missions in the Americas. The Spanish colonial government coordinated with the Roman Catholic Church to establish churches throughout their New World possessions. Jesuit missions in North America
The St. Louis Church and School in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, is shown in this photograph. The St. Louis Boarding School for Girls was run by the Sisters of St. Francis, Sisters of Loretto and Sisters of ...
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During the Spanish colonization of the Americas from the 16th to 19th centuries, the Spanish Empire established many hundreds of Catholic missions throughout their colonies in the Americas. These missions were founded and staffed by numerous Catholic religious orders of regular clergy. The following is a list of these missionaries to New Spain.