Misión Nuestra Señora de Loreto de Conchó (Baja California Sur, Mexico)

found: Mission at Loreto, Baja California, 1939, viewed Aug. 25, 2017 - https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb7885077t

found: Las Misiones antiguas, ©2002:page 9, etc. (Misión Nuestra Señora de Loreto de Conchó, 1697-1829; Jesuit; founded by father Juan María de Salvatierra, S.J.; N26° 00.641ʹ W110° 20.592ʹ; Father Juan María de Salvatierra landed on the gulf shore of the bay called San Dionisio on October 19, 1697 ... and on October 25, conducted the ceremonies appropriate to establish the first permanent California mission, Nuestra Señora de Loreto; On February 4, 1768, the Jesuits sailed under under military guard bound for New Spain and Europe, leaving behind the many missions they had built ... Father Junípero Serra and 15 Franciscan priests arrived in Loreto late in March of the same year to administer the Jesuit missions; On May 12, 1773, authorization for Dominican administration arrived in Loreto, and soon 27 priests were dispatched throughout the peninsula to replace the Franciscans; By 1829, the pueblo lost its status as the regional capital, and this date marks the end of Loreto's mission era as no missionary or Indians remained at the crumbling mission compound)

found: Wikipedia, Aug. 25, 2017:English page (Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó or Mission Loreto, was founded on October 25, 1697 at the Monqui Native American (Indian) settlement of Conchó in the present city of Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Established by the Catholic Church's Jesuit missionary Juan María de Salvatierra, Loreto was the first successful mission and Spanish town in Baja California. The mission is located at 26°00ʹ37ʺN 111°20ʹ36ʺW. The mission closed in 1829. The Mission Church survives and is located in downtown Loreto) Spanish page (Misión de Loreto Conchó; Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó)