Mission San Luis Gonzaga was a
Jesuit
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mission established among the
Guaycura on the Magdalena Plains of central
Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur, is a state in Mexico. It is the 31st and last state to be admitted, in 1974. It is also the second least populated Mexican state and the ninth-largest state by ...
, Mexico. The mission was dedicated to
Aloysius Gonzaga
Aloysius de Gonzaga, SJ (; 9 March 156821 June 1591) was an Italian people, Italian aristocracy (class), aristocrat who became a member of the Society of Jesus. While still a student at the Roman College, he died as a result of caring for the v ...
.
Initially in 1721 a ''visita'' or subordinate mission station of
Mission Dolores Dolores, Spanish for "pain; grief", most commonly refers to:
* Our Lady of Sorrows or La Virgen María de los Dolores
* Dolores (given name), including list of people and fictional characters with the name
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near the coast to the east, the site was elevated to mission status by Lambert Hostell in 1737. One of Hostell's successors was
Johann Jakob Baegert
Johann Jakob Baegert (or Jacob Baegert, Jacobo Baegert) (December 22, 1717 – September 29, 1772) was a Jesuit missionary at Misión San Luis Gonzaga Chiriyaqui, San Luis Gonzaga in Baja California Sur, Mexico. He is noted for his detailed and ...
, who served from 1751 until the Jesuits were expelled and the mission was closed in 1768. Baegert is notable for his detailed but acerbic account of his experiences in Baja California. He oversaw the construction of stone and adobe brick structures that still survive at the site.
See also
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References
* Baegert, Johann Jakob. 1952. ''Observations in Lower California''. University of California Press, Berkeley.
* Baegert, Johann Jakob. 1982. ''The Letters of Jacob Baegert, 1749-1761, Jesuit Missionary in Baja California''. Edited by Doyce B. Nunis Jr. Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles.
* Vernon, Edward W. 2002. ''Las Misiones Antiguas: The Spanish Missions of Baja California, 1683-1855''. Viejo Press, Santa Barbara, California.
Missions in Baja California Sur
Loreto Municipality (Baja California Sur)
1721 establishments in New Spain
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