San Luis Bacoancos, also called San Luis de Babi,
was a
Spanish mission in the Sonoran desert.
History
Jesuit
The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
missionary
Eusebio Kino
Eusebio Francisco Kino, Jesuits, SJ (, ; 10 August 1645 – 15 March 1711), often referred to as Father Kino, was an Italian Jesuit, missionary, geographer, explorer, cartographer, mathematician and astronomer born in the Prince-Bishopric of Tre ...
established the site in January 1697. It was designated as a of
Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi
La Misión de San Gabriel de Guevavi was founded by Jesuit missionary priests Eusebio Kino and Juan María de Salvatierra in 1691. Subsequent missionaries called it San Rafael and San Miguel, resulting in the common historical name of Mission Lo ...
in 1701, under the authority of the missionary priest Juan San Martin. A church was built sometime before 1706.
In 1745, the missions of San Luis Bacoancos and
San Lázaro
San Lázaro is a town in the Concepción department of Paraguay. Located 660 km from Asunción and 190 km from departmental capital Concepción, its population was 9060 in 2002.
Located at the confluence of rivers Paraguay and Apa. Th ...
had a combined population of 800
Pimas. The mission was deserted in 1763.
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1697 establishments in the Spanish Empire
Missions in Sonora
Religious organizations established in 1701
Jesuit history in North America