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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.
Today, it is located at 26801 Ortega Highway in San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California. The Mission was secularized by the Mexican government in 1833, and returned to the Roman Catholic Church by the American government in 1865. The mission was damaged over the years by a number of natural disasters, but restoration and renovation ...
Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation, Santa Ana, CA (Petitioner 84B) [37] [35] Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation (Romero), Santa Ana, CA [35] The Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation (84A), based in San Juan Capistrano elects a tribal council, assisted by tribal elders. They have about 1,800 members.
An Acjachemen dwelling replica located on the grounds of Mission San Juan Capistrano (Photo taken in 2008).. Acjacheme ("a heap of animated things") [1] was an Acjachemen village that was closely situated to the mother village of Putuidem in what is now San Juan Capistrano, California.
The grounds of Mission San Juan Capistrano has been maintained by the National Park Service as a part of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park since the 1980s, and the Archdiocese of San Antonio maintains the church building, parish parking lot, rectory (priest's quarters), and the parish hall (Slattery Hall). The hall is located ...
San Juan Capistrano (also known colloquially as San Juan or SJC) is a city in southern Orange County, California, United States. The population was 35,253 at the 2020 Census. Named for Saint John of Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano was founded by the Spanish in 1776, when Father Junípero Serra established Mission San Juan Capistrano.
Mission San Juan Capistrano San Antonio Missions National Historical Park 29°19′58″N 98°27′19″W / 29.332687°N 98.455289°W / 29.332687; -98.
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