San Diego de Alcalá

San Diego de Alcalá

General Data

Founded:

July xvi, 1769 - The 1st California Mission

Also Called:

Mission San Diego

Electric current Status:

Active Roman Cosmic Church of the diocese of San Diego, properly referred to as the Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá. The mission was fabricated a Minor Basilica in 1976 by Pope Paul Six.

Summary:

California's offset mission was founded on July xvi, 1769. Mission San Diego's church (rebuilt in 1931) has a captivating 46 pes Campanario (bell wall) you won't forget. This mission has inviting grounds, informative displays, and a rich history.

Address

10818 San Diego Mission Road
San Diego,CA92108
United states of america

Get Directions

Directions

If yous have a GPS organization in your car, use it the first time y'all visit this mission. Detailed instructions from different locations within the San Diego area are posted on the mission website. In that location is a Mission San Diego cease on the city trolley.

In add-on to the main parking lot there is a small lot in front of the church building. (You can climb up to the mission on a stairway to the right.)

Supporting Organization

There is an active grouping of docents who provide an invaluable service in keeping the Mission Basilica San Diego and its museums well preserved and open to the public.

Website(s)

Phone(s)

619-281-8449 - Gift Shop / Visitor Center

619-283-6338 - Library and Archives (By Engagement Only)

619-283-7319 - Parish Office

Fees, Hours, Tours and Church building Services

For fees, hours, scheduling of individual and group tours, please contact the mission straight by phone or by visiting the Mission San Diego History website for the most current information.

For the current mass schedule, please visit the mission website Mass Times folio.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, information technology is best to bank check for current data.

Mission San Diego Today
Mission San Diego Today

Weddings and Other Special Services

The church provides special services for each of the seven sacraments:

  • Baptism
  • Reconciliation
  • Holy Eucharist
  • Communion
  • Matrimony
  • Anointing of the Sick
  • Holy Orders

Visit the mission website to download special PDF'due south with details and instructions.

San Diego Church Interior
San Diego Church building Interior

Special Events

San Diego holds several annual events, including the "Festival of the Bells" in mid-July on the weekend closest to the mission founding engagement of July 16th.

For a comprehensive listing of current events, visit the Mission San Diego History website.

Unique Attractions

  • The Casa de los Padres room has large full-color drawings of mission events also as a detailed model of the mission. Located on the left after yous leave the gift shop.
  • The mission church (built originally in 1813 and fully restored in 1935) is i of the most inviting in the mission chain.
  • The distinctive characteristic of this mission is the striking 46' tall companario (bell belfry). Detailed data on the bells and the role they played in the mission era is on a sign in the garden area behind the bell tower.
  • The mission museum contains many informative displays.

Other Historical Attractions

  • Junipero Serra Museum on Presidio Hill (original site of mission) – 2727 Presidio Drive, 619-232-6203.
  • The Old Mission Dam was the kickoff major irrigation organisation in the West. This historic site has an informative Company and Interpretive Center and offers several trails. Details can exist found on the Mission Trails website.
  • Asistencia of Santa Ysabel is located in the mountains threescore miles east of San Diego. The current chapel was built in 1924 and is surrounded by a very picturesque countryside.
  • Cabrillo National Monument. The site offers great panoramic views of the city and has an extensive Company's Centre. There is a hit statue of Cabrillo. The monument is located at 1800 Cabrillo Monument Bulldoze, San Diego. 619-551-5450.
  • Maritime Museum of San Diego. Extensive displays covering the maritime history of this major port. 1492 North Harbor Bulldoze. 619-234-9153.

Tips for Visitors

  • When y'all are in the church, be sure to look at the burial marker honoring Fr. Luis Jayme, who was killed in the 1775 attack on the mission. The remains of Fr. Jayme are entombed beneath the chancel floor (area around the altar).
  • An platonic time to photo the mission is in the late afternoon (the church faces southwest). Photo from several angles and from below.
  • Don't miss the statue of Fr. Junípero Serra, the mission's founder, best seen from the individual road (to the far left of the small parking lot).
  • Enjoy the mission gardens and explore the expanse backside the campanario.
  • Allow at least two (2) hours to properly tour this mission. In addition to mission-era displays, you will find other striking religious art on the grounds.

Year Secularized

1834

Yr Returned to Catholic Church

1862 - in a declaration signed by President Abraham Lincoln.

Early on History

The Bay of San Diego was beginning discovered past Juan Rodqriguez Cabrillo in 1542.

Cabrillo came aground just did not do an extensive exploration.

The Spaniards and Natives observed one another, but there was no extensive communication.

The area was named San Diego past Sebastián Vizcaíno, an explorer who mapped the coast in 1602.

Spain did not settle the expanse until Russian encroachment and growing superpower interest in the region prompted them to do so in the late 18th century. The plan was to send two ships to rendezvous with two state-based expeditions at the Bay of San Diego in the late Jump 1769 with a supply ship to arrive somewhat later.

First country expedition arrived later than planned. It took ane of the ships (San Carlos) 54 days to accomplish San Diego Bay, and it arrived with most of its crew expressionless, dying or otherwise incapacitated. The Spanish did erect a cross and claim the territory for Spain.

Information technology was difficult for the padres to establish relations with the natives.

Mission Founded

The mission was founded on July xvi, 1769 on Presidio Hill. A primitive compound that consisted of footling more brush covered enramadas and several grass huts was erected.

Founding of Mission San Diego by Carl Oscar Borg
Founding of Mission San Diego by Carl Oscar Borg

Patron Saint (Named For)

St. Didacus of Alcalá, a fifteenth century Spanish Franciscan.

Special Designation

Mother of the Alta California Missions.

Prominent Missionary Leaders

  • Founding Male parent President - Junípero Serra - Beginning Founding Begetter President and founder of the California missions.
  • Prominent Missionary Leader - Fr. Fermin Francisco de Lasuén served at this mission for 8 years (from 1777-1785).

Indians Joining Mission

  • The prominent Indian tribes in the surface area were the Tipai-Ipai. The native term most frequently used for the San Diego natives is Kumeyaay, one of the main dialects.
  • The Castilian called the neophytes at Mission San Diego Diegueño.
  • The Kumeyaay resisted the Castilian occupation and settlement, and conversion was quite slow.
  • The records which have survived show just 16 baptisms in 1771.
  • Unlike other missions, the neophytes at San Diego continued to reside in traditional villages in part due to nutrient shortages at the mission.

Mission Site

The site of the original mission on Presidio Colina was at a location chosen Cosoy by the natives. The mission was then relocated about five and a half (5 ane/2) miles inland at the village of Nipaguay in 1774.

Mission Layout

Traditional quadrangle. Records show a big garden and vineyard were located near the mission.

Water Source

Limited and uneven water supply hampered growth and viability of the mission.

A dam was finally synthetic (1809-1815) six miles upstream from the mission, on the San Diego River. Water was brought to the human foot of Mission Hill via an aqueduct or zanja so by way of a noria or waterwheel into the mission.

Population

The neophyte population at San Diego in the mission's meridian years (1797-1831) averaged over 1,500. The highest population was 1,829 in 1824.

Livestock

In 1773 (the first year for which we have records) the mission had 40 cattle, 74 sheep, 55 goats, 10 pigs, 29 horses and 28 mules, a full of 236 animals.

In 1822 the mission had over 30,000 animals, including nine,245 cattle and xix,000 sheep.

Mission San Diego Cattle Brand
Mission San Diego Cattle Brand

Agricultural Output

Over the years 1782-1832, the mission produced 259,545 bushels of wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas, lentils, garbanzos (chickpeas), and habas (broad beans).

Mission Church

The church was originally congenital in 1813 (the fourth church on this site). After the mission was secularized in 1834, information technology rapidly fell into ruin. The mission was rebuilt and fully restored in 1931.

Mission Bells

A striking 46' campanario (bell wall) on the left side of the church rises above the mission gardens and contains five bells. The largest bell, chosen Mater Dolorsa weights i,200 pounds. It was cast in San Diego in 1894.

Sign of the Mission San Diego Campanario
Sign of the Mission San Diego Campanario

Mission Art and Artifacts

The baptismal font in the museum is original to Mission San Diego. The baptismal font in the church building is a replica of the one in which Fr. Junípero Serra was baptized in 1713 in Petra on the isle of Majorca.

Pregnant Events

  • The mission was destroyed in an Indian attack in November, 1775. 1 of the missionaries, Fr. Luis Jaime, and two others were killed, including Urselino the mission carpenter and the blacksmith Jose Romero.
  • In 1818 a sub-mission, the Asistencia of Santa Ysabel, was established about 60 miles northeast of San Diego.
  • The buildings slowly deteriorated after secularization in 1834. By the time the mission was restored in 1931, only the church building façade and arcade remained standing.
  • The mission was used by the U.S. Army after the Mexican American War from 1853-1858.
Fr. Luis Jaime Killed During an Indian Attack 1775
Fr. Luis Jaime Killed During an Indian Attack 1775

For Boosted Information

  • Engelhardt, Z. (1920). Mission San Diego, Mother of the Missions, 1920 (The definitive early on history of the mission).
  • Broule, Mary Nothing. Mission San Diego (California's Heritage Series), 1988.
  • Weber, F.J. The Proto Mission: A Documentary History of San Diego de Alcalá, 1980.