Spanish missions in Mexico
The Spanish missions in Mexico are a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, Jesuits, Augustinians, and Dominicans to spread the Christian doctrine among the local natives. Since 1493, the Kingdom of Spain had maintained a number of missions throughout Nueva España in order to preach the gospel to these lands. In 1533, at the request of Hernán Cortés, Carlos V sent the first Franciscan friars with orders to establish a series of installations throughout the country.
Missions
[Coahuila]
- Mission San Francisco Solano
- Mission San Juan Bautista
- Mission Dulce Nombre de Jesus de Peyotes in Villa Union
- Mission San Andrés de Nava
- Mission San Buenaventura de la Consolación
- Mission Nuestra Señora de Dolores de la Punta in Lampazos
- Mission San Bernardino de la Candela
- Mission San Buenaventura in Cuatrocienegas
- Mission Santa Rosa de Nadadores
- Mission San Francisco de Saltillo
- Mission San Miguel de Aguayo in Monclova
Nueva Vizcaya">Nueva Vizcaya, New Spain">Nueva Vizcaya
Topia, the western province of Nueva Vizcaya, contained three major missions: Xiximes, San Andrés, and Santa Cruz de Topia. These were each subdivided into several districts, or partidos, each of which in turn contained several pueblos, or visitas.Xiximes
First district:- San Pablo Hetasi
- San Pedro de Guarizame
- Santa Lucia
- Santa Cruz de Yamoriba
- San Bartolomé de Humase
- Santa Apolonia
- Concepcion
- Santiago el Nuevo
- San Ignacio
- San Gerónimo Adia
- San Juan
- San Francisco Cababayan
- San Agustin
San Andrés
First district:- San Ignacio de Otatitlán
- Piaba
- Alaya
- Quejupa
- San Ildefonso de los Remedios
- Santa Catalina
- San Gregorio
- Sojbupa
- San Pedro
- San Mateo de Tecayas
- Santa María de Otáez
- Santiago Batzotzi
Santa Cruz de Topia
First district:- San Juan de Badiraguato
- Reyes de Conimeto
- Santa Cruz
- San Francisco Alicamae
- San Martin Atotonilco
- Santiago Merirato
- San Ignacio Coriatapa
- San Pedro Guatenipa
- San Ignacio Bamupa
- San Luis Soyatlán
- Nabogame
- San Ignacio de Tamazula
- San Martin Atotonilco
- San Ignacio Atotonilco
- San Joaquin Chapotlan
- San José Canelas
Santa María de Parras
- el Pozo
- La Peña
- Santa Barbara
San Pedro y San Pablo de Laguna
- Concepcion
San Lorenzo
- Horno
- Santa Ana
San Sebastian
San Ignacio
- San Juan de Casta
Santiago
- San José de las Abas
- Baicuco
First district:
- Santiago Papasquiaro
- San Andrés Atotonilco
- San Nicolás
- Santa Catalina
- Tepehuanes presidio
- San Ignacio del Zape
- San Simon
- San José Tizonazo
- Santa Cruz
- Mission San Jeronimo, in Aldama
- Mission Santa Rosalía in Camargo
- Mission San Francisco de Conchos
- Mission San Ignacio de Cariatapa
- Mission San Gregorio de la Sierra
[Sonora y Sinaloa]
- Mission La Purísima Concepción de Caborca
- Mission San Antonio de Oquitoa
- Mission San Diagos de Pitiquito
- Mission San Ignacio de Cabórica
- Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama
- Mission Santa María Magdalena
- Mission Santa Teresa de Atil
- Mission Santiago y Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Cocóspera
- Mission San Miguel de Ures