Spanish missions in Georgia

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The Spanish missions in Georgia comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics in order to spread the Christian doctrine among the local Native Americans. The Spanish chapter of Georgia's earliest colonial history is dominated by the lengthy mission era, extending from 1568 through 1684. Catholic missions were the primary means by which Georgia's indigenous Native American chiefdoms were assimilated into the Spanish colonial system along the northern frontier of greater Spanish Florida.

[edit] Missions

Mission Puturiba (1595-1597), on Cumberland Island
Mission San Buenaventura de Guadalquini (1605-1684), on St. Simons Island
Mission San Diego de Satuache (ca. 1610-1663), on the mouth of the Ogeechee River
Mission San Joseph de Sapala (ca. 1605-1684), on Sapelo Island
Mission San Lorenzo de Ibihica (ca. 1620-1656), near Folkston
Mission San Pedro de Mocama (1587-ca. 1660), on Cumberland Island
Mission San Phelipe de Alave (ca. 1610-ca. 1670), on the North Newport River
Mission San Phelipe II (ca. 1670-1684), on Cumberland Island
Mission Santa Catalina de Guale (1595-1680), on St. Catherines Island
Mission Santa Clara de Tupiqui/Espogache (1595-ca. 1670), on the Sapelo River
Mission Santa Cruz de Cachipile (ca. 1625-1657), near Valdosta
Mission Santa Isabel de Utinahica (ca. 1610-ca. 1640), at the forks of the Altamaha River
Mission Santa Maria de los Angeles de Arapaja (ca. 1625-1657), on the Alapaha River
Mission Santiago de Oconi (ca. 1620-1656), on the Okefenokee Swamp
Mission Santo Domingo de Asao/Talaje (1595-1661), at the mouth of the Altamaha River
Mission Santo Domingo de Asao/Talaje II (1661-1684), on St. Simons Island
Mission Talapo (1595-1597), on the mainland near Sapelo Island
Mission Tolomato (1595-1597), on the mainland near St. Catherines Island