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Mission San Francisco de Asis

By packman1610

  • First arrived in area

    Lieutenant Jose Joaquin Moraga led the this group
  • Period: to

    Mission San Francisco de Asis

  • First Mass in area

    Father Francisco Palou celebrated this mass under a shelter and Thus the City of Saint Francis (SF) began 5 days before the signing of the Declaration of Independence!

  • Mission Dolores' Formal establishment

  • Father Cambon reported on building

    He repoted that it took 36,000 bricks, exact date unknown

  • Mission building complete

    The exact date is unknown. But is was completed in 1791.

  • Altar comes from San Blas, Mexico

    Exact date unknown.

  • 2 side altars arrived from Mexico

    Exact date unknown.

  • Bret Harte wrote poem commemorating the 3 mission bells

    exact date unknown

  • GREAT SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE

    Mission survived the earthquake, But the Parish did not

  • New parish church built

    exact date unknown

  • Parish Church becomes a Basilica, Church of the Pope

    Pope Pius XII designated,

  • Pope John Paul II visits mission

    Pope John Paul II knelt at the altar of Mission Dolores

  • Packards Visited Mission Dolores