Junípero Serra

Tags: Saint.

Junípero Serra O.F.M. (/dʒuːnɨˈpɛroʊ ˈsɛrə/; Spanish: [xuˈnipeɾo ˈsera]) (November 24 1713 – August 28 1784) was a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded a mission in Baja California and the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco which at the time were in Alta California of the Las Californias Province in New Spain.

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beatified by

Pope John Paul II

beatified date

1988-09-25

beatified place

Rome

birth date

1713-11-24

birth place

Spain, Petra Majorca, Majorca

death date

1784-08-28

death place

California, Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, The Californias

major shrine

Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel-by-the-Sea California

title

Confessor

venerated in

Catholic Church