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Spanish Empire The founding of the San Buenaventura Mission traces to the decision on Palm Sunday, March 30, 1749, by the Franciscan friar Junipero Serra to journey to the New World as a missionary to the native peoples.
Father Junipero Serra
Mission San Buenaventura (map) Founded March 31, 1782 by Father Junipero Serra. Initial building was the San Miguel Chapel (site 8).
How was Mission San Buenaventura founded?
The founding of San Buenaventura Mission traces to the decision on Palm Sunday, March 30, 1749 by the Franciscan priest Junípero Serra to journey to the new world as a missionary. The canonization of Fr. Serra was celebrated by the parish community at the Mission 266 years later in November 2015.
March 31, 1782
Founded on Easter Sunday, March 31, 1782, Mission San Buenaventura is the ninth and last of St. Junípero Serra’s missionary foundations along El Camino Real.
The descendants of the coastal Chumash today are known as the Barbareno/Ventureno Band of (Chumash) Indians. The mission was located near the sizeable Indian village of Mitsquanaqa’n with about 500 inhabitants. San Buenaventura Mission is 70 miles north of Los Angeles in the city of San Buenaventura, which developed around the mission.
When was the second church in San Buenaventura built?
The second church was dedicated in 1809, and reconstructed in 1816 after an earthquake. The church is made of adobe with walls are six foot thick near the base. The church had to be restored after it was “modernized” in 1893. Restoration was completed in 1957.
Who was the founder of the Ventura mission?
The parish church in the city of Ventura, California, United States, is a Spanish mission founded by the Order of Friars Minor. Founded on March 31, 1782, it was the ninth Spanish mission established in Alta California (or Nueva California) and the last to be established by the head of the Franciscan missions in California, Junípero Serra.
The church had to be restored after it was “modernized” in 1893. Restoration was completed in 1957. A three-tiered companario contains five bells, two of which were originally borrowed from Mission Santa Barbara. The two oldest bells date from 1781.