Fray Junipero Serra, a Franciscan priest. It was the ninth, and last, mission that he personally founded.
Father Junipero Serra found Mission San Buenaventura
Junipero Serra
mission carmel
Father Junipero Serra
The California Mission Chain was started in 1769 by Father Junipero Serra at the direction King Charles III of Spain.
Father Junipero Serra
Father Junipero Serra
Father Junipero Serra established a mission at San Diego in 1769.
On August 28, 1784, at the age of 70, Junipero Serra died at Mission San Carlos Borromeo.
san carlos or mission carmel
june3,1770 by junipero serra