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Consecration of Mission Santa Barbara

When: December 4, 1786
Where: Mission Santa Barbara grounds
Part of: Founding of Mission Santa Barbara

Lasuén consecrated the mission grounds on December 4, 1786, establishing the tenth mission in Alta California for the Franciscan order.

Father Fermín Lasuén consecrated the mission on the feast day of Saint Barbara. The site, located on a rise between the Pacific and the Santa Ynez Mountains, became the tenth of the twenty-one missions in Alta California, solidifying Spanish presence.

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Mission Santa Barbara Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-04

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