Spanish missions in South America

Spanish missions in South America

The Spanish missions in South America comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics in order to spread the Christian doctrine among the local natives.

Missions

Argentina

* Mission San Ignacio Miní (1632), in Misiones Province
* Mission Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana (1637), in Misiones Province
* Mission Nuestra Señora de Loreto (1610), in Misiones Province
* Mission Santa María la Major (1626), in Misiones Province
* Mission Candelaria
* Mission Corpus
* Mission San Carlos
* Mission San José
* Mission Martires
* Mission San Javier
* Mission Conception
* Mission Apostoles
* Mission Santo Tomé
* Mission Yapeiu
* Mission La Cruz
* Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (1615), in Córdoba

Bolivia

* Mission San Francisco Javier
* Mission Conception
* Mission Santa Ana
* Mission San Miguel
* Mission San Rafael
* Mission San José
* Mission Sao Joaquin (1747)
* Mission San Estanislao (1747)
* Mission Belen (1760)

Brazil

* Mission São Miguel das Missões (Arcanjo) (1687), the chief mission of the seven in Brazil
* Mission Santo Angelo (1706)
* Mission Sao Francisco de Borja (1682)
* Mission Sao Nicolau
* Mission Sao Luiz Gonzaga
* Mission Sao Lourenço Martir (1690)
* Mission Sao Joao Batista (1697).

Paraguay

* Mission San Ignacio Guazù (1609)
* Mission Santa Rosa de Lima (1698)
* Mission Santa Maria da Fé (1647)
* Mission San Cosme y Damian (1652), also an astronomic observatory
* Mission Santiago (1651)
* Mission Itapua (present-day Encarnación)
* Mission Jesus de Tavarangué (1685)
* Mission La Santisima Trinidad de Paraná (1706), near present-day Encarnación

References

* [http://academic.sun.ac.za/forlang/bergman/real/mission/h_miss.htm The Jesuit Missions in South America]

ee also

* Guarani War
* Jesuit Reductions
* The Mission (film)


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