What cattle was there at mission San Rafael?

Answer 1

I would imagine there were farm animals to keep the community supplied with food and clothing. In a sense a churchy Collective Farm. The missions went way beyond what we would think of as a parsonage, and were really self-contained community centers- which indeed dotted the map of California and developed in many cases,- such as the two end terminals- San Francisco and Los Angeles- Major cities. Almost all, as Church habit would have it- named after saints.