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Mission San Buenaventura (Spanish: Misión San Buenaventura, Ventureño: mitsqanaqan̓ [9]), formally known as the Mission Basilica of San Buenaventura, is a Catholic parish and basilica in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The parish church in the city of Ventura, California, United States, is a Spanish mission founded by the Order of Friars Minor.
The first historic district designated by the city was the Mission Historic District, extending from Poli Street at the northern border to Santa Clara Street at the southern border, and from Ventura Avenue on the west to Palm Street on the east. The Mission Historic District consists of the oldest section of the city's downtown area and ...
Junípero Serra, first leader of the Franciscans in California, founded Mission San Buenaventura in 1782 as his ninth and last mission established near the Chumash village as part of Spain's colonization of Alta California. [21] The mission was named for St. Bonaventure, a 13th-century Franciscan saint and a Doctor of the Church. San Miguel ...
Mission Basilica San Buenaventura [27] 211 E. Main St. Ventura: Our Lady of Guadalupe [28] 500 N. Juanita Ave. Oxnard Our Lady of Guadalupe [29] 427 N. Oak St. Santa Paula: Our Lady of the Assumption [30] 3175 Telegraph Rd. Ventura Sacred Heart [31] 10800 Henderson Rd. Ventura Santa Clara [32] 323 S. E St. (old chapel at 1333 E. Ventura Blvd ...
During four periods of crisis at the Mission San Buenaventura, the Mission padres, according to some accounts, temporarily relocated to the Santa Gertrudis Asistencia. The first possible relocation to Santa Gertrudis, and the one having the least historical support, followed a fire in the 1790s that destroyed the first Mission church.
St. Monica Catholic Church is a Catholic parish in Santa Monica, California. It is one of the largest churches in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles . Located at 7th and California Streets, it was erected in 1925 and served as the inspiration for the 1944 film classic Going My Way with Bing Crosby .
Junípero Serra was a Roman Catholic Spanish priest and friar of the Franciscan Order who founded nine Spanish missions in California. In 1782, Serra founded Mission San Buenaventura, his ninth and final mission, on a site that became downtown Ventura.
St. Brendan Catholic Church is a Catholic church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, located in the Windsor Square section of Los Angeles, California. The current Gothic Revival-style church was built in 1927 and has also served as a location for various Hollywood productions.