Mission San Jose de Tumacacori
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Mission San Jose de Tumacacori (1691-1848) - A Spanish Mission established in 1691 as Mission San Cayetano del Tumacacori by Father Eusebio Francisco Kino relocated to present site in present day Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Abandoned in 1848. Also known as Tumacacori Mission.
Mission San Jose de Tumacacori HistoryFather Kino established Tumacácori as a mission in January 1691, one day before Guevavi, making it the oldest mission site in what is now Arizona. For many years it was a visita or visiting station of the mission headquarters at Guevavi. During most of those years, it was located on the east side of the Santa Cruz River and was called San Cayetano de Tumacácori. Services were held in a small adobe structure built by the Pima inhabitants of the village. After the Pima rebellion of 1751, the mission was moved to the present site on the west side of the river and renamed San José de Tumacácori. Here the first actual church edifice was built. In 1800 construction began on a grander church that was meant to rival the church at Mission San Xavier del Bac. Construction continued through 1823 when the church was almost complete but the plans were twice scaled back and the resulting church had several changed and incomplete features. Current StatusTumacacori National Historical Park, Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
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