The town was founded in 1661 by a Franciscan mission.

But predictable use was exactly what the Franciscan mission required.

Tumacacori is the site of a Franciscan mission that was built in the late 18th century.

He also pledged support for the Franciscan missions in Texas.

He also authored books on the Franciscan missions of 18th- and 19th-century California.

A Franciscan mission was established in the zone in 1583, nine years before the city's founding.

There was also an active Franciscan mission with monks from Bosnia.

Its name comes, of course, from the Franciscan and Jesuit missions where it was first planted.

It was situated in an abandoned Franciscan mission built by the Portuguese.

The Chumash people moved from their villages to the Franciscan missions between 1772 and 1817.