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Mission San José de Guadalupe was founded on June 11, 1797 by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, the fourteenth in the California mission chain. It is named for Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church and is located in the Mission San Jose District of Fremont, California (formerly an independent town, at 37° 31′ 58″ N 121° 55′ 10″ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=37_31_58_N_121_55_10_W_)), a spot that the natives called Oroysom in the Valley of San José. Fathers Isidoro Barcenilla and Agustín Merino arrived to take charge of the new mission on August 28, 1797. Download high resolution version (768x1024, 238 KB)Mission San José de Guadalupe in Fremont, California File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Download high resolution version (768x1024, 238 KB)Mission San José de Guadalupe in Fremont, California File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ...
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Father Fermín Francisco Lasuén (June 7, 1736 - June 26, 1803) was a Spanish missionary to America. ...
State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd) - Land 404,298 km² - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...
Saint Joseph, also referred to as Joseph the Betrothed and as Joseph of Nazareth, was the foster-father of Jesus, according to the New Testament (Matthew 1:16; Luke 3:23). ...
Fremont, California from NASAs Landsat Fremont is a city in California which was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Mission San Jose, Irvington, Niles, Centerville, and Warm Springs. ...
August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ...
1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Mexican Governor Pio Pico sold the mission in 1845 for $12,000. During the 1848 California Gold Rush, the Mission became a general store, saloon and hotel. In 1853, the church became the local parish church. Some of the original exterior adobe buttresses were removed on orders of the parish priest. On October 21, 1868, an earthquake destroyed everything save for part of the padre's quarters (including the mission capilla chapel). A small wooden church was built on the site and used for over 100 years. The related Mission buildings to the south were not significantly damaged. Pío de Jesus Pico IV (May 5, 1801–September 11, 1894) was the last Mexican Governor of Alta California, now the U.S. state of California. ...
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Gold rush handbill The California Gold Rush was a period in American history marked by mass hysteria concerning a gold discovery in Northern California. ...
1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
A buttress (and mostly concealed, a flying buttress) supporting walls at the Palace of Westminster Three different types of buttress: diagonal, on the statues plinth; an ordinary buttress supporting a flying buttress, to the right of the statue; a small ordinary buttress to the right side of the picture...
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Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a trembling or a shaking movement of the Earths surface. ...
A chapel is a church other than a parish church, often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ...
In 1985, restoration of the church was completed by the Committee for the Restoration of the Mission San Jose and the Catholic Diocese of Oakland. It is a near-perfect replica of the original church, but built with a completely-hidden steel frame for earthquake resistance. The original padre's quarters are now a small museum. Saint Joseph's Church at the Mission San José is today a local parish church. The church has regular services and also has a visitors' center, museum and slide show telling the history of the Mission. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ...
Oakland is the name of several places in the United States of America: Oakland, Alabama Oakland, California (The best-known city with this name) Oakland, Florida Oakland, Maine Oakland, Maryland Oakland, Michigan Oakland, Nebraska Oakland, New Jersey Oakland, Oregon Oakland, Pennsylvania Oakland, Rhode Island Oakland, Tennessee Oakland, Wisconsin Oakland Township...
 Mission San José de Guadalupe circa 1910. 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
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The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ...
See also The Spanish Missions of California (more simply referred to as the California Missions) comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Dominicans, Jesuits, and Franciscans, to spread the Christian doctrine among the local Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier...
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