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Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano is a Catholic parish in the Diocese of Orange. The parish church is located just northwest of Mission San Juan Capistrano in the city of San Juan Capistrano, California, United States. Completed in 1986, it was designated a minor basilica in 2000 [1] and a national shrine in 2003.
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.
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 ...
Current church opened 2017 and includes an 18th-century tabernacle and stained glass from the Marywood Chapel, which served the former diocesan offices. [31] Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano: 31520 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano Used the Serra Chapel of the former Mission San Juan Capistrano until the current structure was completed ...
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.
At some of the missions the padres were able to hire professional stonemasons to assist them in their endeavors; in 1797, for example, master mason Isidoro Aguílar was brought in from Culiacán, Mexico to supervise the building of a stone church at San Juan Capistrano. [25] The church, constructed mostly of sandstone, featured a vaulted ...
Elevated to a cathedral in 1985, to a minor basilica in 1997. Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano: 1986 built: 31522 Camino Capistrano. San Juan Capistrano, California: Designated minor basilica 2000, national shrine 2003
The Catholic presence in present-day Orange County dates to the 1776 founding of Mission San Juan Capistrano by Junipero Serra and the Franciscan order. At the time, the region was part of the Las Californias province of New Spain. In 1804, the Spanish split the Province of California into two territories: