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Founding of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia

When
1798
Where
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Episodes
1

Padre Fermín Lasuén founded Mission San Luis Rey de Francia on June 12, 1798, establishing the eighteenth of twenty-one Spanish missions in Alta California.

Episodes

  1. June 12, 1798 · Mission San Luis Rey de FranciaMission Founding

    Padre Fermín Lasuén established the mission on June 12, 1798, as the eighteenth Spanish mission in Alta California.

Background and detail

Founding. The mission was established by Padre Fermín Lasuén on June 12, 1798. It became the eighteenth of the twenty-one Spanish missions constructed in the Alta California Province of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

Location. Located in the San Luis Rey neighborhood of Oceanside, California, the site is a former Spanish mission. The mission lent its name to the local Luiseño tribe of Mission Indians.

People involved

Sources

  1. Mission San Luis Rey de Francia Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-04

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