San Xavier Mission
San Xavier Mission
San Xavier Is a monument of great importance. Important to the people of Tucson, Tohono O’odham, and spanish/mexicans alike. Our beloved landmark is a mark of some the first non-native arrivals in southwestern, North America. Founded by the famous Jesuit missionary Kino, San Xavier Mission is a Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles south of downtown Tucson, Arizona and 60 miles north of the Mexican/American border.
San Xavier was founded in 1692 by the jesuit missionary Kino, founder of the Spanish missions in the Sonoran desert chain. The original church was built approximately 2 miles away from the site known today. The mission was attacked multiple times by Apache indians, until they burned it down around 1770. San Xavier as is today was rebuilt by 1797. When building the new mission workers decided not to finish the right tower. This is because back then people didn’t have to pay taxes on an unfinished building. After the first building was destroyed, the new San Xavier mission was somewhat protected from the Apache by the Presidio San Agustin which was establish in 1775. …show more content…
In 1828, the Mexican government banned all of the Spanish born priest and so the priest at San Xavier went home to Spain and the church became empty for the next 30 years. In 1858 the local indians grew worried for their local church; after so much of it had decayed or been destroyed that they did what they could to preserve it. In 1853 the church and the land was bought by The United States of America through the Gadsden purchase. After Arizona became a state the bishop of the Santa Fe Diocese ordered repairs and reopened the church with a new priest in
San Xavier Is a monument of great importance. Important to the people of Tucson, Tohono O’odham, and spanish/mexicans alike. Our beloved landmark is a mark of some the first non-native arrivals in southwestern, North America. Founded by the famous Jesuit missionary Kino, San Xavier Mission is a Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles south of downtown Tucson, Arizona and 60 miles north of the Mexican/American border.
San Xavier was founded in 1692 by the jesuit missionary Kino, founder of the Spanish missions in the Sonoran desert chain. The original church was built approximately 2 miles away from the site known today. The mission was attacked multiple times by Apache indians, until they burned it down around 1770. San Xavier as is today was rebuilt by 1797. When building the new mission workers decided not to finish the right tower. This is because back then people didn’t have to pay taxes on an unfinished building. After the first building was destroyed, the new San Xavier mission was somewhat protected from the Apache by the Presidio San Agustin which was establish in 1775. …show more content…
In 1828, the Mexican government banned all of the Spanish born priest and so the priest at San Xavier went home to Spain and the church became empty for the next 30 years. In 1858 the local indians grew worried for their local church; after so much of it had decayed or been destroyed that they did what they could to preserve it. In 1853 the church and the land was bought by The United States of America through the Gadsden purchase. After Arizona became a state the bishop of the Santa Fe Diocese ordered repairs and reopened the church with a new priest in