Spanish Missions In Arizona

Beginning in 1493 , the Kingdom of Spain maintained a number of missions throughout ''Nueva España'' ( New Spain , consisting of Mexico and portions of what today are the Southwestern United States ) in order to facilitate colonization of these lands.

JESUIT MISSIONARIES

In the Spring of 1687 , a Jesuit missionary named Father Eusebio Francisco Kino lived and worked with the native Americans in the area called the "Pimería Alta," or "Upper Pima Country," which presently is located in the areas between the Mexican state of Sonora and the state of Arizona in the United States .

During Father Eusebio Kino's stay in the Pimería Alta , he founded over twenty missions in eight mission districts. In Arizona, unlike Mexico , missionization proceeded slowly.

Father Kino founded missions San Xavier and San Miguel at the Piman communities of Bac and Guevavi along the Santa Cruz.

ARIZONA MISSIONS

Mission San Xavier Del Bac , located South of Tucson , active religious use, founded in 1692 . was a Spanish mission in Arizona founded by Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino]].

Mission Nuestra Señora De Los Dolores - founded on March 13, 1687. This was the first mission founded by Father Kino. By 1744 , the mission was abandoned. The cemetery remans on the site of the Tumacácori National Historical Park in Southern Arizona.

San Cayetano De Tumacácori Mission was built in 1732, but construction stopped in 1822 due to lack of funds. The farming land around the mission was sold at auction in 1834 and the mission was abandoned by 1840. The remains are part of the Tumacácori National Historical Park in Southern Arizona

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