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The Spanish missions in Baja California were a large number of religious outposts established by Catholic religious orders, the Jesuits, the Franciscans and the Dominicans, between 1683 and 1834. The missionary goal was to spread the Christian doctrine among the Indigenous peoples living on the Baja California peninsula.
1 de abr. de 2014 · Fifteen years passed by before the Jesuits were able to establish another mission, and the first one in the northern half of the California peninsula. Padre Fernando Consag had made expeditions seeking potential mission sites, and was baptizing natives in advance for the next mission.
9 de oct. de 2014 · The Dominicans operated the missions of Baja California for 82 years through a period of growth, dramatic changes, and disappointments. To some historians they were harsh and unbending to the needs of the native Indians they hoped to Christianize and convert to modern living.
11 de dic. de 2013 · The mission prospered for several years and the Cochimí Indian neophyte population grew to 2,000 members by 1730. About the year 1735, the mission was moved 10 miles south to a place the Cochimí called Cadegomó. Following the move, the original site became known as Purísima Vieja.
The missions were part of a longer chain of missions that started in Baja California with the founding of the mission in Loreto, Mexico by Father Juan MarÃa Salvatierra in 1697. That line of missions extended into Alta California in 1769 led by Franciscan Father (now Saint) JunÃpero Serra.
10 de abr. de 2014 · The Dominicans operated and expanded the missions on the peninsula, now designated as Antigua (Old) California, and eventually named Baja (Lower) California. The Franciscans would operate in Nueva (New) California, which was all the Spanish claimed land north of the peninsula.
