As of December 2012, He hasn't yet. He is still Blessed Junipero Serra.
Padre Junipero Serra was a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded several missions in California in the 18th century. He is known for his role in the colonization of California and the conversion of Native Americans to Christianity. Serra was later canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
A padre doesn't found missions , a missionary does. But the founder was Padres de la Pena and Murguia (under the direction of Junipero Serra).
Saint Clare of Assisi, also known as Santa Clara de Asís in Spanish, was the founder of the Order of Poor Ladies, which later became known as the Order of Saint Clare or the Poor Clares. She was a close friend and follower of Saint Francis of Assisi and dedicated her life to a strict Franciscan rule of poverty and service to the poor.
The mission Santa Clara de Asís was founded by Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan friar, in 1777 in what is now present-day Santa Clara, California.
Mission Santa Clara de Asís was founded by a Spanish priest named Father Junipero Serra in 1777. It was the eighth of the 21 California missions established by the Spanish Franciscans.
Junipero Serra is not a patron saint at this time.
The California Mission Chain was started in 1769 by Father Junipero Serra at the direction King Charles III of Spain.
Junipero Serra was born in Petra, Majorca, Spain.
Junipero Serra did get along with his military people
Junipero Serra
fray junipero serra found 9 missions
father junipero serra had two brothers! and two siters
Blessed Junipero Serra who lived and died in California will be canonized by Pope Francis in 2015. He will be the first saint from that state.
Father Serra founded 9 missions but he is not yet a saint. He will be canonized in September of 2015.
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There are a total of 21 missions. Junipero Serra built 9 of them.
Father Serra has been beatified but has not yet been canonized. It was recently announced by the Vatican that Pope Francis will canonize Father Serra when he comes to the United States in the fall of 2015.