Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores
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- Mission San Francisco de Asís in San Francisco, California is also known by the nickname "Mission Dolores."
| Location | near Tumacácori, Arizona |
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| Name as Founded | La Misión de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores |
| Translation | The Mission of Our Lady of the Sorrows |
| Founding Date | March 13, 1687 |
| Founding Priest(s) | Father Eusebio Francisco Kino |
| Native Tribe(s) Spanish Name(s) |
Pima |
Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores was founded by Jesuit missionary Father Kino on March 13, 1687. The Mission church was built in what is now Arizona, near the Pima settlement of Cosari, south of Tumacácori.
By the late 1690s, the Mission consisted of a church, a carpentry shop and a blacksmith's area. By 1744, the Mission had been abandoned.
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| Arizona missions |
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Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (1687) · Mission San José de Tumacácori (1691) · Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi (1691) · Mission San Xavier del Bac (1699) · Mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori (1751) · Mission San Cayetano de Calabazas (1756) |
