Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi
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 The ruins of the mission church of Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi beneath the backdrop of San Cayetano Mountain and the Sierra Santa Rita. |
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| Location | near Tumacácori, Arizona |
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| Name as Founded | La Misión de San Gabriel de Guevavi |
| Translation | The Mission of Saint Gabriel of the Big Spring |
| Namesake | Saint Gabriel |
| Founding Date | 1701 |
| Founding Priest(s) | Father Eusebio Francisco Kino Father Salvatierra |
| Native Tribe(s) Spanish Name(s) |
Apache |
| Owner | National Park Service |
| Current Use | Historical Monument |
Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi was founded by Jesuit missionary Fathers Kino and Salvatierra in 1701 as La Misión de San Gabriel de Guevavi, a district headquarters in what is now Arizona, near Tumacácori. Subsequent missionaries called it San Rafael and San Miguel, resulting in the common historical name of Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi. Father Juan de San Martin was assigned as the first resident priest (he left in 1703), with construction of a small chapel starting that same year. Fathers Agustín de Campos and Luis Xavier Velarde visited occasionally after that. Father Grazhoffer reestablished Guevavi as cabecera (headquarters) and completed the church in 1732.
In 1751, Father Garrucho contracted the building of a 15 foot by 50 foot church, the ruins of which still exist today. The mother of Juan Bautista de Anza is buried in front of the altar. By the late 1690s, the Mission consisted of a church, a carpentry shop, and a blacksmith's area. By 1744, the settlement had been abandoned. The first Franciscan priest, Father Juan Crisóstomo Gil de Bernabé, arrived in 1768 and took up residency at the Mission with about fifty families. The Apaches attacked in 1769 and killed all but two of the few Spanish soldiers guarding the Mission; in 1770 and 1771 the natives continued their attacks and the cabecera was relocated to Tumacácori. Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi was abandoned for the last time in 1775; the Mission's ruins were incorporated into Tumacácori National Historical Park in 1990.
[edit] References
- Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi. Tumacácori National Historical Park. Retrieved on November 7, 2006.
[edit] See also
| Arizona missions |
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Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (1687) · Mission San José de Tumacácori (1691) · Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi (1691) · Mission San Xavier del Bac (1699) · Mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori (1751) · Mission San Cayetano de Calabazas (1756) |
