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Mission Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula de los Pecos in Pecos, New Mexico.
 A photograph of the "Plaza Church" taken byWilliam Henry Jackson between 1890–1900 | |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
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| Coordinates | 34°05′69″N 118°23′90″W / 34.10250°N 118.40833°W / 34.10250; -118.40833 Coordinates: latitude seconds >= 60 Coordinates: longitude seconds >= 60 {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude |
| Name as founded | Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles |
| English translation | Our Lady Queen of the Angels |
| Patron | Mary, mother of Jesus |
| Founding date | September 4, 1781 |
| Military district | First |
| Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Suisunes |
| Governing body | Roman Catholic Church |
| Current use | parish church |
La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles was founded on September 4, 1781 by a group of Spanish pobladores (settlers), consisting of 11 families: 44 men, women and children. They were originally led by Fernando Javier Rivera y Moncada (1725-1781), and accompanied by a contingent of soldiers who had set out from the nearby Mission San Gabriel Arcángel to establish a pueblo along the banks of the Porciúncula River at the Indian village of Yang-na. Priests from Mission San Gabriel divided their time between that outpost and the new church site, which was utilized an asistencia, or "sub-mission."
History
The settlement's name was derived from one of the advocations of Mary, mother of Jesus. The new governor of California, Felipe de Neve (the first Spanish governor of Las Californias) subsequently recommended to the viceroy in Mexico that the site be developed into a small agricultural pueblo (town). The installation was therefore never actually granted mission status, and the surrounding area was duly named El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula ("The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciúncula" — the present-day City of Los Angeles). The missionaries abandoned the site, where a chapel was later erected (La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles, or "The Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels") which for years served as the sole Roman Catholic church in the Pueblo de Los Angeles.
Gallery
- The chapel at the church The chapel at the church
- The facade of the chapel The facade of the chapel
See also
- Olvera Street
- Spanish missions in California
- USNS Mission Los Angeles (AO-117) — a Mission Buenaventura Class fleet oiler built during World War II.
External links
References
- http://www.ca-missions.org/contact.html#pue
- "The San Bernardino Asistencias by R. Bruce Harley". California Mission Studies Association. Retrieved November 21.
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