Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores

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Mission San Francisco de Asís in San Francisco, California is also known by the nickname "Mission Dolores."
Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores
Location near Tumacácori, Arizona
Name as Founded La Misión de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores
English Translation The Mission of Our Lady of the Sorrows
Founding Date March 13, 1687
Founding Priest(s) Father Eusebio Francisco Kino
Native Tribe(s)
Spanish Name(s)
Pima

Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores was founded by Jesuit missionary Father Kino on March 13, 1687. The Mission church was built in what is now Arizona, near the Pima settlement of Cosari, south of Tumacácori.

By the late 1690s, the Mission consisted of a church, a carpentry shop and a blacksmith's area. By 1744, the Mission had been abandoned.

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