Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo

The façade of the capilla (chapel) at Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo.
Location	Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Name as Founded	La Misión San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo [1]
Patron	Saint Charles Borromeo [2]
Nickname(s)	"Father of the Alta California Missions" [3]
Founding Date	June 3, 1770 [4]
Founding Priest(s)	Father Presidente Junípero Serra [5]
Founding Order	Second [2]
Headquarters of the Alta California Mission System	1771–1815; 1819–1824; 1827–1830 [6]
Military District	Third [7]
Native Tribe(s) Spanish Name(s)	Esselen, Ohlone Costeño
Native Place Name(s)	Ekheya [8]
Baptisms	3,827 [9]
Marriages	1,032 [9]
Burials	2,837 [9]
Secularized	1834 [2]
Returned to the Church	1859 [2]
Governing Body	Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey
Current Use	Parish Church
Coordinates	36°32′34.15″N, 121°55′1.79″W
National Historic Landmark	#NPS-66000214
Date added to the NRHP	October 15, 1966
California Historical Landmark	#135
Web Site	http://carmelmission.org

Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, also known as the Carmel Mission, is a historic Roman Catholic church in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Basilica of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel, California, view of the main frontage Reduced from a photograph taken 16th June 2004 by Stephen Lea. ... A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ... “Carmel, California” redirects here. ... Saint Quentin is the patron saint of locksmiths and is also invoked against coughs and sneezes. ... Carlo Borromeo (October 2, 1538 - November 4, 1584), saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, son of Ghiberto Borromeo, count of Arona, and Margarita de Medici, was born at the castle of Arona on Lago Maggiore. ... is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the village in Queensland, see 1770, Queensland. ... Blessed Junípero Serra (November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784) was a Majorcan (Spain) Franciscan friar who founded the mission chain in Alta California. ... The Spanish missions in California (more simply referred to as the California Missions) comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order between 1769 and 1823 to spread the Catholic faith among the local Native Americans. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... Esselen The Esselen were the Native American inhabitants of what is now known as Big Sur on the Central Coast of California. ... For the college of the same name, see Ohlone College. ... This article is about the Christian religious act of Baptism. ... This article is about secularization. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... The Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey in California (Latin: Dioecesis Montereyensis in California) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese in the United States of the Latin rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Central Coast region of California. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... California Historical Landmarks (CHLs) are buildings, structures, sites, or places in the state of California that have been determined to have statewide historical significance by meeting at least one of the criteria listed below: approved for designation by the County Board of Supervisors or the City/Town Council in whose... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... “Carmel, California” redirects here. ...

Precontact

The current prevailing theory postulates that Paleo-Indians entered the Americas from Asia via a land bridge called "Beringia" that connected eastern Siberia with present-day Alaska (when sea levels were significantly lower, due to widespread glaciation) between about 15,000 to 35,000 years ago. The remains of Arlington Springs Man on Santa Rosa Island are among the traces of a very early habitation in California, dated to the last ice age (Wisconsin glaciation) about 13,000 years ago. The first humans are therefore thought to have made their homes among the southern valleys of California's coastal mountain ranges some 10,000 to 12,000 years ago; the earliest of these people are known only from archaeological evidence.^[10] The cultural impacts resulting from climactic changes and other natural events during this broad expanse of time were negligible; conversely, European contact was a momentous event, which profoundly affected California's native peoples.^[11] Paleo-Indians is an English term used to refer to the ancient peoples of America who were present at the end of the last Ice Age. ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... The Bering land bridge, also known as Beringia, was a land bridge roughly 1600 km (1000 miles) north to south at its greatest extent, which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia at various times during the ice ages. ... This article is about Siberia as a whole. ... For other uses, see Alaska (disambiguation). ... Arlington Man is the name given a set of human remains. ... Santa Rosa Island Santa Rosa Island is the second largest of the Channel Islands of California at 52,794 acres (21,365 hectares). ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... The Wisconsin (in North America), Devensian (in the British Isles), Midlandian (in Ireland), Würm (in the Alps), and Weichsel (in northern central Europe) glaciations are the most recent glaciations of the Pleistocene epoch, which ended around 10,000 BCE. The general glacial advance began about 70,000 BCE, and...

History

The Mission, first established on June 3, 1770 in nearby Monterey (near the native village of Tamo), was named for Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, Italy. It was the site of the first Christian confirmation in Alta California.^[5] In May 1771, the Viceroy approved Father Junípero Serra's petition to relocate the Mission to its current location near the present-day town of Carmel-by-the-Sea.^[12] Serra's goal was to put some distance between the Mission's neophytes and the Presidio of Monterey (the headquarters of Pedro Fages, who served as military governor of Alta California between 1770 and 1774, with whom Serra was engaged in a heated power struggle).^[13] The original site continued to operate as the "Royal Presidio Chapel" and later became the [[ == Bradley is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the village in Queensland, see 1770, Queensland. ... For other uses, see Monterey (disambiguation). ... For the Indian sprinter, see Charles Borromeo (athlete). ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ... This is about the Italian city of Milan. ... confirmed redirects here. ... Blessed Junípero Serra (November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784) was a Majorcan (Spain) Franciscan friar who founded the mission chain in Alta California. ... The Presidio of Monterey, located in Monterey, California, is an active US Army installation. ... Don Pedro Fages Beleta (Catalan: Pere Fages i Beleta) was born in Guissona (Lleida, Catalonia, Spain) in 1734 and died in Mexico City in 1794. ...

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 == Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo]]. "Mission Carmel" (as it came to be known) was Father Serra's favorite, and being close to Monterey (the capital of Alta California) served as his headquarters. When he died on August 28, 1784, he was interred beneath the chapel floor. 

The Esselen and Ohlone Indians who lived near the Mission were taken in and trained as plowmen, shepherds, cattle herders, blacksmiths, and carpenters. They made adobe bricks, roof tiles and tools needed to build the Mission. In the beginning, the Mission relied on bear meat from Mission San Antonio de Padua and supplies brought by ship from Mission San Diego de Alcalá. In 1794, the population reached its peak of 927, but by 1823 the total had dwindled to 381. On November 20, 1818 French privateer Hipólito Bouchard raided the Monterey Presidio, before moving on to other Spanish installations in the south.^[14] The Mission was in ruins when the Roman Catholic Church regained control of it in 1863. In 1884 Father Angel Casanova undertook the work of restoration. In 1931, Monsignor Philip Scher appointed Harry Downie to be curator in charge of Mission restoration; it became an independent parish two years later. In 1961, the Mission was designated as a Minor Basilica by Pope John XXIII. Alta California (Upper California) was formed in 1804 when the province of California, then a part of the Spanish colony of New Spain, was divided in two along the line separating the Franciscan missions in the north from the Dominican missions in the south. ... is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Esselen The Esselen were the Native American inhabitants of what is now known as Big Sur on the Central Coast of California. ... For the college of the same name, see Ohlone College. ... For the constellation known as The Plough see Ursa Major. ... Species See text. ... For general information about the genus, including other species of cattle, see Bos. ... For other uses, see Blacksmith (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Carpenter (disambiguation). ... Renewal of the surface coating of an adobe wall in Chamisal, New Mexico Adobe is a natural building material composed of sand, sandy clay and straw or other organic materials, which is shaped into bricks using wooden frames and dried in the sun. ... For other uses, see Brick (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Bear (disambiguation). ... Mission San Antonio de Padua was founded on July 14, 1771, the third mission founded in California by Father Junipero Serra. ... Mission San Diego de Alcalá was founded on July 16, 1769, the first in the twenty-one Alta California mission chain established by Father Presidente Junípero Serra; today it is known as Californias First Church. ... is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Privateer (disambiguation). ... Hippolyte de Bouchard, or Hipólito Bouchard (January 15, 1780, or 1783[2]– January 4, 1843), was a French and Argentine sailor and corsair who fought for Argentina, Chile, and Peru. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... Look up basilica in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... See also: 15th-century Antipope John XXIII. Pope John XXIII (Latin: ; Italian: ), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (November 25, 1881 – June 3, 1963), known as Blessed John XXIII since his beatification, was elected as the 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City on October 28, 1958. ...

Mission Carmel has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service. In 1987, Pope John Paul II visited the Mission as part of his U.S. tour. It is also an active parish church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey. This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II. The Letter M is for Mary, the mother of Jesus, to whom he held strong devotion Pope John Paul II (Latin: , Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan PaweÅ‚ II) born   []; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) reigned as the 264th Pope of... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... The Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey in California (Latin: Dioecesis Montereyensis in California) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese in the United States of the Latin rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Central Coast region of California. ...

Notes

The Mission at Carmel, circa 1910. Note the reduction in the roof line in the modern-day photo above.

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References

A drawing of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo prepared by Captain George Vancouver depicts the grounds as they appeared in November, 1792. From A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World.

• Forbes, Alexander (1839). California: A History of Upper and Lower California. Smith, Elder and Co., Cornhill, London. 
• Jones, Terry L. and Kathryn A. Klar (eds.) (2007). California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity. Altimira Press, Landham, MD. ISBN 0-759-10872-2. 
• Krell, Dorothy (ed.) (1979). The California Missions: A Pictorial History. Sunset Publishing Corporation, Menlo Park, CA. ISBN 0-376-05172-8. 
• Leffingwell, Randy (2005). California Missions and Presidios: The History & Beauty of the Spanish Missions. Voyageur Press, Inc., Stillwater, MN. ISBN 0-89658-492-5. 
• Paddison, Joshua (ed.) (1999). A World Transformed: Firsthand Accounts of California Before the Gold Rush. Heyday Books, Berkeley, CA. ISBN 1-890771-13-9. 
• Ruscin, Terry (1999). Mission Memoirs. Sunbelt Publications, San Diego, CA. ISBN 0-932653-30-8. 
• Smith, Frances Rand (1921). The Architectural History of Mission San Carlos Borromeo, California. California Historical Survey Commission, Berkeley, CA. 
• Vancouver, George (1801). A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World, Volume III. Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, London. 
• Yenne, Bill (2004). The Missions of California. Advantage Publishers Group, San Diego, CA. ISBN 1-59223-319-8. 

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See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo

• Cathedral of San Carlos Borroméo (aka Royal Presidio Chapel), Monterey, California
• USNS Mission Carmel (AO-113), a Buenaventura Class fleet oiler built during World War II.
• USNS Mission San Carlos (AO-120), a Buenaventura Class fleet oiler built during World War II.

The Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Monterey, California, United States. ... The USNS Mission Carmel was one of twenty-seven Mission Buenaventura Class fleet oilers built during World War II for service in the United States Navy, and one of two named for the Franciscan mission located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. ... The USNS Mission Buenaventura is one of twenty-seven similar fleet oilers built during World War II for service in the United States Navy. ... An oiler is a ship, also called a tanker, that can carry a liquid cargo of petroleum, or a naval support vessel that carries fuel to other naval ships steaming at sea, and can transfer the fuel during underway RAS improved fleet operations reliability, availabiltiy and serviceability. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The USNS Mission San Carlos was one of twenty-seven Mission Buenaventura Class fleet oilers built during World War II for service in the United States Navy, and one of two named for the Franciscan mission located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. ...

External links

The Mission cemetery (campo santos).

• Elevation & Site Layout sketches of the Mission proper
• National Park Service page
• Mission Carmel at Find-A-Grave
• Early photographs, sketches, land surveys of Carmel Mission, via Calisphere, California Digital Library

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