Jesuit mission chain in Baja California

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The Jesuit mission chain in Baja California was a network of Catholic missions established by Jesuit missionaries in the 17th and 18th centuries across the Baja California Peninsula to evangelize Indigenous peoples and consolidate Spanish colonial presence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic mission system
Spanish colonial institution
religious mission network
activities Spanish language instruction
agricultural development
introduction of European livestock
religious instruction
administrativeChange Jesuits expelled from Spanish territories in 1767
continent North America
countryAtTimeOfFoundation Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
earliestMission Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó NERFINISHED
earliestMissionFoundationYear 1697
endTime 1768
foundingMissionary Juan María de Salvatierra NERFINISHED
governance under authority of Jesuit Provincia de la Compañía de Jesús de Nueva España
hasPart Misión La Purísima Concepción de Cadegomó NERFINISHED
Misión Nuestra Señora del Pilar de La Paz Airapí NERFINISHED
Misión San Francisco Javier de Viggé-Biaundó NERFINISHED
Misión San Francisco de Borja Adac NERFINISHED
Misión San Ignacio Kadakaamán NERFINISHED
Misión San José de Comondú NERFINISHED
Misión San José del Cabo Añuití NERFINISHED
Misión San Juan Bautista de Ligüí NERFINISHED
Misión San Luis Gonzaga Chiriyaqui NERFINISHED
Misión San Luis Gonzaga de la Paz NERFINISHED
Misión Santa Gertrudis La Magna NERFINISHED
Misión Santa María de los Ángeles NERFINISHED
Misión Santa Rosalía de Mulegé NERFINISHED
Misión Santiago de los Coras Aiñiní NERFINISHED
Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó NERFINISHED
Misión de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores Apaté NERFINISHED
heritageStatus considered part of Mexico’s colonial cultural heritage
importantMissionary Eusebio Francisco Kino NERFINISHED
Fernando Consag NERFINISHED
Juan de Ugarte NERFINISHED
legacy formation of many modern towns in Baja California Sur
surviving mission churches and archaeological sites
locatedIn Baja California Peninsula NERFINISHED
Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED
primaryPurpose evangelization of Indigenous peoples
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Society of Jesus NERFINISHED
secondaryPurpose consolidation of Spanish colonial presence
territorial control of the Baja California Peninsula
startTime 1697
successorAdministration Dominican mission system in Baja California NERFINISHED
Franciscan mission system in Baja California NERFINISHED
targetPopulation Cochimí people NERFINISHED
Guaycura people NERFINISHED
Pericú people NERFINISHED
other Indigenous peoples of Baja California

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Indigenous peoples of Baja California hasHistoricalEvent Jesuit mission chain in Baja California
this entity surface form: Spanish colonization of the Baja California Peninsula
Indigenous peoples of Baja California hasHistoricalEvent Jesuit mission chain in Baja California
this entity surface form: Jesuit missions in Baja California
Cochimí missionization Jesuit mission chain in Baja California
this entity surface form: Jesuit missions in Baja California
Pericú people opposed Jesuit mission chain in Baja California
this entity surface form: Jesuit missions in Baja California Sur
Loreto, Baja California Sur partOf Jesuit mission chain in Baja California
Misión San Francisco Javier de Viggé-Biaundó partOf Jesuit mission chain in Baja California
this entity surface form: Spanish missions in Baja California
Misión San Francisco de Borja Adac partOf Jesuit mission chain in Baja California
this entity surface form: Spanish missions in Baja California
Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó partOf Jesuit mission chain in Baja California
this entity surface form: Spanish missions in Baja California
Mission of Our Lady of Loreto partOf Jesuit mission chain in Baja California
this entity surface form: Spanish missions in Baja California Sur