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Tumacácori National Historical Park
Missions
Tumacácori Mission Church
Photo by Clar Speck
Tumacácori

From his arrival in the Pimería Alta in 1687 until his death in 1711, Padre Kino established over twenty missions. The Jesuit missionaries administered them until the time of their expulsion in 1767. From 1768 until after Mexico got her independence in 1821 the missions were operated by the Franciscan missionaries. Some are still in use today while others have fallen into ruin.

San José de Tumacácori
Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi
San Cayetano de Calabazas
San Ignacio de Sonoitac
San Xavier del Bac
Santa María Suamca
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Cósari
San Ignacio de Cabúrica
Santa María Magdalena
San José de Ímuris
La Purísima Concepción De Caborca
San Diego del Pitiquito
San Antonio Paduano de Oquitoa
San Pedro y San Pablo de Tubutama
Nuestro Padre San Francisco de Átil
Nuestra Señora del Pópulo del Bisanig
Nuestra Señora de los Remedios de Doágibubig 
Nuestra Señora del Pilar y Santiago de Cocóspera
Santa Gertrudis del Sáric

 
Banámichi
Photo by Mike Hopkins
Banámichi

When Father Kino first came north to the Opatería, his last jumping off point before moving up the valley to establish his home mission of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Cósari, was the already established mission to the Opata Indians called Los Santos Reyes de Cucurpe.

Other nearby missions to the Opata and Pimas Bajos Indians include:
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Arizpe
San Ignacio de Cuquiárachi

Father Kino  

Did You Know?
That Father Kino established more than twenty missions among the O'odham Indians of the Pimería Alta between 1687 and 1711.

Last Updated: October 28, 2006 at 22:03 EST